UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 
AT  LOS  ANGELES 


No.  725—1909 


The  Chamberlain  Bibliographies 


iN  1905  Mr.  J.  C.  Chamberlain  prepared  a  Catalogue 
of  "First  Editions  of  the  Works  of  Nathaniel  Haw- 
thorne," which  was  issued  under  the  imprint  of  the 
Grolier  Club.  This  work  was  not  only  a  biblio- 
graphy but  contained  much  collateral  information  of 
great  interest  both  to  the  collector  and  to  the  general  reader. 

Mr.  Chamberlain's  quest  for  first  editions  did  not  end  with  his 
possession  of  the  works.  He  wished  to  know  the  entire  history  of 
each  book,  the  conditions  under  which  it  was  written,  its  birth  place 
and  early  environment,  all  material  facts  concerning  its  production, 
the  author's  hopes  and  fears,  often  recorded  in  interesting  contem- 
porary letters,  and  its  reception  by  the  reading  world.  Many  of  the 
facts,  so  collected,  sometimes  through  visits  to  the  author's  home 
and  kinsmen,  were  novel  and  highly  interesting  and  formed  a 
valuable  supplement  to  the  usual  bibliographical  data. 

Following  the  Hawthorne  Bibliography  it  was  his  intention  to 
publish  similar  descriptive  catalogues  of  all  the  American  authors 
whose  works  he  had  collected,  but  his  sudden  death  prevented  the 
execution  of  this  plan.  Subsequently,  Mrs.  Chamberlain  decided 
to  continue  the  work  and  to  issue  the  series  under  the  general  title 
of  "  THE  CHAMBERLAIN  BIBLIOGRAPHIES"  as  a  memorial  to  her 
husband.  In  this  work  she  was  fortunate  in  securing  the  invaluable 
services  of  Mr.  Luther  S.  Livingston,  whose  experience  and  eminent 
qualifications  in  this  line  are  too  widely  known  to  require  comment 
here. 

The  first  of  the  series  (or  the  second,  if  we  consider  the  Haw- 
thorne Catalogue  the  first)  has  been  privately  printed  and  announced 
by  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.,  as  follows: 

A  COLLECTOR'S  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  LONGFELLOW 

A  Bibliography  of  the  First  Editions  in  Book  Form  of  the  Writings  of 
Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow.  Compiled  largely  from  the  collection  formed 
by  the  late  Jacob  Chester  Chamberlain,  with  assistance  from  his  notes  and 
memoranda,  by  Luther  S.  Livingston.     With  a  photogravure  portrait  and 


numerous  reproductions  of  title  pages.  Privately  printed  at  the  De  Vinne 
Press,  1908,  on  old  Stratford  paper,  bound  in  boards,  8vo,  uncut.  Price, 
J3.00  net. 

Fifty  copies  have  been  printed  on  Van  Gelder  hand-made  paper,  mainly 
for  presentation.  Of  these,  fifteen  copies  only  remain  for  sale.  Price, 
110.00  net. 

This  is  the  first  of  a  series  of  Bibliographies  of  first  editions  of  American 
Authors,  being  prepared  by  Mr.  Livingston  and  printed  at  Mrs.  Chamberlain's 
expense  as  a  memorial  to  her  husband. 

The  volume  is  more  than  a  mere  bibliography.  It  is,  in  fact,  the  story 
of  Longfellow's  books.  Copious  extracts  have  been  made  from  letters  (for 
the  most  part  unpublished)  and  free  access  has  been  given  to  Longfellow's 
own  books,  still  preserved  at  the  Craigie  House  at  Cambridge.  Several 
important  first  editions  are  here  for  the  first  time  described  bibliographically. 

Without  detracting  from  the  merits  of  other  bibliographies  it  is 
beUeved  that  this  is  not  only  the  latest,  but  the  best  of  all,  and  is 
perhaps  the  final  work  on  Longfellow — the  last  word  upon  the 
subject,  as  it  is  not  probable  that  any  really  important  additions  can 
hereafter  be  made. 

The  Anderson  Auction  Company  is  not  financially  interested  in 
the  sale  of  this  work,  but  will  be  glad  to  receive  and  execute  any 
orders  which  may  be  sent  by  its  friends  upon  the  terms  above 
mentioned.  The  edition  is  limited  and  many  copies  have  already 
been  disposed  of,  and  orders  should  be  sent  at  once. 

The  Lowell  Bibliography  will  soon  be  issued  and  announcement 
of  the  others  will  be  made  later. 

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Luther  S.  Livingston  and  printed  at  the  De  Vinne  Press. 

Name 

Address 


Date 


FIRST  EDITIOXS 

OF 

TEN  AMERICAN  AUTHORS 


COLLECTED     BY 


3(.  Cljester  Cijamkrlain 


or    NEW    TORK 


PART    o:n^e 


BRYANT  LONGFELLOW 

EMERSON  LOWELL 

HAWTHORNE  POE 

HOLMES  THOREAU 

IRVING  WHITTIER 


FEBRtJARY    16    A:N^D    17,    1909 

Tuesday  Afternoon,  Lots       1-220 

Tuesday  Evening,  "     221-436 

Wednesday    Afternoon,       "     437-663 
Wednesday  Evening,  "     664-882 


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Conditions  of  Sale 


1.  All  bids  to  be  per  Lot  as  numbered  in  the  Catalogue. 

2.  The  highest  bidder  to  be  the  buyer ;  in  all  cases  of  disputed 
bids  the  lot  shall  be  resold,  but  the  Auctioneer  will  use  his 
judgment  as  to  the  good  faith  of  all  claims  and  his  decision  shall 
be  final. 

3.  Buyers  to  give  their  names  and  addresses  and  to  make 
such  cash  payments  on  account  as  may  be  required,  in  default 
of  which  the  lots  purchased  to  be  immediately  resold. 

4.  Goods  bought  to  be  removed  at  the  close  of  each  sale.  If 
not  so  removed  they  will  be  at  the  sole  risk  of  the  purchaser 
and  this  Company  will  not  be  responsible  if  such  goods  are  lost, 
stolen,  damaged  or  destroyed. 

5.  Terms  Cash.  If  accounts  are  not  paid  at  the  con- 
clusion of  each  Sale,  or,  in  the  case  of  absent  buyers,  when  bills 
are  rendered,  this  Company  reserves  the  right  to  recatalogue 
the  goods  for  immediate  sale  without  notice  to  the  defaulting 
buyer,  and  all  costs  of  such  resale  will  be  charged  to  the  defaulter. 
This  condition  is  without  prejudice  to  the  rights  of  the  Company 
to  enforce  the  sale  contract  and  collect  the  amount  due  without 
such  resale  at  its  own  option. 

6.  All  goods  are  sold  as  catalogued,  and  are  assumed  to  be  in 
good  seconcl-liaiid  condition.  If  material  defects  are  found, 
not  mentioned  in  the  catalogue,  the  lot  may  be  returned. 
Notice  of  such  defects  iimst  be  given  promptly  and 
the  goods  returned  within  ten  days  from  the  date 
of  the  sale.     No  exceptions  will  be  made  to  this  rule. 

7.  Bids.  We  make  no  charge  for  executing  orders  for  our 
customers.  We  use  all  bids  competitively  and  buy  at  the  lowest 
price  permitted  by  other  bids. 


PREFACE. 


npHE  Chamberlain  Library  is  by  far  the  most  important 
collection  of  First  Editions  of  American  Authors  ever 
offered  for  sale.  Not  only  did  Mr.  Chamberlain  profit  by  the 
experience  of  previous  collectors,  but  he  brought  to  his  work 
a  most  unusual  personal  equipment.  An  enthusiastic  lover 
of  his  books,  their  quest  was  to  him  a  delightful  recreation 
and  relief  from  the  exacting  duties  of  his  professional  life. 
To  enthusiasm  he  added  system  and  untiring  industry,  while 
his  wonderful  memory  and  ability  to  analyze,  correlate,  and 
properly  estimate  facts  overlooked  by  others,  give  peculiar 
interest  and  value  to  his  work. 

Mr.  Chamberlain  was  born  in  India  of  American  parentage 
on  July  3,  i860,  being  the  son  of  Jacob  Chamberlain,  M.D., 
D.D.,  and  in  1872  was  brought  to  this  country  to  complete 
his  education.  He  graduated  with  honors  from  Rutgers 
College,  in  1882.  In  1883  he  took  a  post-graduate  course  in 
chemistry;  soon  after  he  entered  Thomas  A.  Edison's  labora- 
tory and  took  active  part  in  the  pioneer  electric  lighting  work 
of  those  days.  From  this  time  to  his  sudden  death  in  1905 
he  followed  his  profession  with  marked  success,  and  was 
identified  with  many  important  enterprises.  He  was  one  of 
the  early  members  of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical 
Engineers  and  of  the  Electric  Club.  He  was  also  a  member 
of  the  Colonial,  Engineers,  Grolier,  and  other  clubs. 

The  entire  Collection  here  offered  (including  the  Second 
Part  hereinafter  referred  to)  was  gathered  in  the  short  period 
of  about  five  years,  and  the  work  of  collecting  was  never  dele- 
gated to  others.  Each  book  was  bought,  examined,  collated, 
and  catalogued  by  Mr.  Chamberlain,  personally,  and  when  a 
better  copy  of  the  same  work  could  be  obtained  the  old  one 
was  ruthlessly  laid  aside.  This  Catalogue,  as  far  as  its  neces- 
sary limitations  would  permit,  will  show  how  carefully  and 
well  this  work  was  done. 

In  this  connection  it  may  be  well  to  point  out  that  while 
the  chief  interest  and  value  belong  to  the  first  issue  of  each 


X^ 


book,  the  later  issues  of  the  same  edition,  and  later  editions 
which  show  important  variations,  all  possess  high  bibliograph- 
ical interest  and  should  be  found  in  all  collections  which  aim 
to  be  complete.  Many  books  have  bibliographical  notes  by 
Mr.  Chamberlain  laid  in,  the  results  of  his  careful  investiga- 
tion, which  materially  enhance  their  value. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  reviarkably  fine  condition  of  these 
books.  No  collector  has  ever  before  so  loved  his  books  as  to 
provide  a  special  and  expensive  cover  for  nearly  every  book 
in  the  best  style  of  the  binder's  art.  Mr.  Chamberlain  always 
preferred  to  retain  his  books  in  their  original  covers  as  issued. 
To  him  it  seemed  sacrilegious  and  destructive  of  old  associa- 
tions to  rebind  an  old  and  treasured  book;  and  so  he  gave  to 
each  an  attractive  outer  garment  of  its  own,  which  not  only 
preserved  it  from  deterioration,  but  satisfied  the  aesthetic 
sense.  In  the  case  of  some  minor  items  the  cost  of  the  cover 
exceeded  the  value  of  the  book  and  the  total  cost  was  neces- 
sarily great.  Many  other  books,  the  more  rare  and  valuable 
ones,  have  been  furnished  with  beautiful  levant  cases,  worthy 
of  their  costly  contents. 

All  of  the  books  and  many  of  the  pamphlets  contain  the 
Chamberlain  bookplate,  and  many  have  the  bookplates  of 
other  eminent  collectors  and  previous  owners.  "  Hallmarks 
of  distinction,"  and  "a  sort  of  guarantee  of  authenticity," 
they  are  called  by  Mr.  Joline  in  his  delightful  "  Diversions 
of  a  Book  Lover." 

It  will  be  noted  that  this  Catalogue  is  called  "  Part  One," 
and  that  it  is  limited  to  the  first  editions  of  "  Ten  American 
Aui'HORS. "  But  Mr.  Chamberlain  was  not  indifferent  to  the 
choice  works  of  other  authors  and  became  the  owner  of 
many  such.  Part  Two  of  the  catalogue  will  include  these 
books,  many  of  which  are  of  the  highest  interest  and  dear  to 
the  heart  of  all  American  Collectors. 

It  maybe  well  to  say  that  all  responsibility  for  this  preface 
and  the  personal  note  which  it  discloses  belong  to  the  writer 
alone.  It  was  his  privilege  to  know  Mr.  Chamberlain,  to 
browse  among  his  books  and  to  profit  by  the  larger  knowl- 
edge of  his  friend:  and  this  fact  will  explain  and  palliate  all 
that  is  discursive  and  personal. 

EMORY  S.  TURNER. 


ASSOCIATION  BOOKS. 

Among  the  rarities  of  the  collection  a  few  particularly- 
attractive  association  items  deserve  special  notice,  owing  to 
the  peculiar  fitness  of  the  added  material  to  the  book  which 
accompanies  it.  The  Longfellow,  Holmes  and  Lowell  divi- 
sions are  particularly  noticeable  in  this  respect.  A  very- 
early  holograph  manuscript  of  Bryant,  manuscript  copies  by 
his  father  and  aunt  of  his  first  attempts  at  poetry,  and  a 
presentation  copy  of  Emerson's  Representative  Men  add  in- 
terest to  the  works  of  these  authors. 

Irving's  manuscript  diaries  in  Spain  for  1828  and  1829  and 
his  pocket  note-book  for  the  Knickerbocker  History  are  most 
unusual  items.  The  six  or  eight  school  books  of  Nathaniel 
Hawthorne,  in  each  of  which  he  has  scribbled  his  name 
many  times,  after  the  manner  of  a  schoolboy,  contain  some 
of  the  earliest  examples  of  his  writing  known.  They  add 
great  interest  to  the  rarities  of  the  Hawthorne  collection. 
There  are  two  Holmes  items,  both  with  the  author's  inscrip- 
tion, of  which  Mr.  Chamberlain  possessed  the  only  known 
copies.  New  England's  Master-Key,  and  Lecture-i86j^  which 
was  probably  delivered  at  Providence. 

There  is  a  Longfellow  item — The  Neiv  Englatid  Tragedy, 
in  prose — which  most  Longfellow  collectors  are  unaware  was 
ever  put  in  type,  and  the  same  is  true  of  the  leaflets  Ke'ramos 
and  From  My  Ar?n  Chair.  The  associations  connected  with 
t\\&  Noel  (the  copy  which  accompanied  the  gift)  cannot  be  sur- 
passed. An  uncut  copy  of  Outre-Mer,  of  unheard  measure- 
ments, in  parts,  in  the  original  wrappers,  has  a  long  letter  of 
Longfellow  accompanying  it,  written  at  the  time  of  its  publi- 
cation. The  series  of  letters  written  by  Longfellow  to  his 
intimate  friend,  George  W.  Greene,  upwards  of  five  hundred 
letters  covering  a  whole  lifetime,  form  an  item  of  literary 
interest  such  as  has  never  before  appeared  in  the  auction 
room  in  America. 

Lowell's  copy  of  A  Years  Life,  with  his  presentation  inscrip- 
tion to  Alfred  Tennyson  in  the  early  days  of  struggle  of  both 
the  youthful  poets,  is  equalled  in  interest  by  the  Commemora- 
tion Ode,  with  a  four-page  letter  relating  to  it  and  giving  an 
entirely   new  stanza  for  the   re-issue.     His  letter  to  Whittier 


announcing  The  Pioneer  and  asking  for  a  contribution  is  a 
delightful  item,  particularly  as  Whittier  has  written  a  verse  or 
two  on  the  leaf  of  address. 

In  the  division  relating  to  Edgar  Allan  Poe,  interest  cen- 
ters in  an  uncut  copy  of  Al  Aaraaf,  with  his  sister  Rosalie's 
presentation  inscription,  and  a  copy  of  the  Raven,  which 
Abraham  Lincoln  gave  to  a  friend,  from  which,  unfortunately, 
the  inscription  has  been  cut.  Thoreau  is  well  represented  by 
beautiful  copies  of  the  first  issues  of  his  works,  and  it  is 
almost  impossible  to  select  among  the  Whittiers  those  worthy 
of  mention,  AIoll  Pitcher,  in  immaculate  blue  wrappers, 
uncut;  the  almost  unknown  leaflet,  Address  at  the  Ope?iing  of 
Pennsylvafiia  Hall^  Mogg  Megone^  and  Narrative  of  Jajnes 
Williavis  are  among  others  of  equal  rarity. 

The  association  between  all  of  the  books  and  the  owner 
of  the  collection  will  be  apparent  at  a  glance,  as  laid  within 
the  volumes  are  to  be  found  Mr.  Chamberlain's  memorandum 
slips,  whereon  he  has  written  the  result  of  his  comparison  of 
different  issues,  his  logical  conclusions  as  to  the  value  of 
differences,  and  other  interesting  and  important  data  for  the 
collector. 


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THE    PRINCIPAL    DIVISIONS. 


Bryant  (William  Cullen) 
Emerson  (Ralph  Waldo) 
Hawthorne  (Nathaniel) 
Holmes  (Oliver  Wendell) 
Irving   (Washington) 
Longfellow  (Henry  Wadsworth 
Lowell  (James  Russell)    . 
Poe  (Edgar  Allan)  . 
Thoreau  (Henry  David) 
Whittier  (John  Greenleaf) 


.  Nos. 

I  to  75 

. 

Nos. 

76  to  123 

. 

Nos. 

124  to  244 

. 

Nos. 

245  to  357 

. 

Nos. 

358  to  436 

.th  . 

Nos. 

437  to  571 

. 

.  Nos. 

572  to  702 

• 

Nos. 

703  to  738 

■ 

Nos. 

739  to  761 

. 

.  Nos. 

762  to  882 

REPRODUCTIONS. 

Bryant:  Stockbridge  Oration    . 

Hawthorne:  Celestial  Railroad 

"  Fanshawe     ..... 

"  Schoolbook  on  Book-keeping 

Holmes:  Lecture,  1863       .... 

"  New  England's  Master  Key,  1863 

Irving:  Diary  in  Spain,  1828-1829   . 

"  Note  Book  for  the  Knickerbocker  History 

Longfellow:  From  My  Armchair     . 

"  Keramos       ..... 

*'  New  England  Tragedy,   i860 

'*  New  England  Tragedies,  1868     . 

"  Noel 

Lowell:  A  Year's  Life — the  copy  given  to  Tennyson 

"  Commemoration  Ode — Presentation  copy 

Poe:  Al  Aaraaf,  Rosalie  Poe's  copy 

Thoreau :  A  Week  on  the   Concord    and    Merrimack 

Rivers       ..... 

Whittier:  Address    at    the   Opening    of  Pennsylvania 

Hall 

'*  Moll  Pitcher         .... 

"  Song  of  the  Vermonters 

vii 


Page 
viii 

28 

21 

17 

48 
48 
60 
53 
94 
92 

85 
92 

85 
105 
116 
126 

^33 

140 
136 
137 


IMPORTANT   NOTICE 

All  books  in  the  collection  are  FIRST  EDITIONS  unless 
otherwise  described. 

Nearly  all  books  are  cased  in  handsome  CLOTH  COVEI^S 
with  leather  labels,  designed  by  Mr.  Chamberlain  and 
made  by  Bradstreet.  A  distinctive  color  marks  the  works 
of  each  author,  and  the  workmanship  is  the  best  of  its 
kind.  These  covers  not  only  protect  each  book  from 
deterioration  but  add  greatly  to  the  appearance  and  value 
of  the  collection. 


2/  ///^^*'^, 

AN  ,-^-/ 


ORATION 


DELIVERED 


STOCKBJIIDGE. 


JULY  4th,  1820. 


1B^  WllililA?!  C.  ^ll^AXT,  ^sa. 


STOCKBRIDGE, 

PRINTED   BY  CHARXES  WEBSTER. 

1820. 

[See  No.  4.] 


Catalogue  of 
Cfje  Collection  of  3.  C.  Cljamberlaiit 


mov\\5  of  MilUam  Cullcn  Bryant. 

1.  THE  I  EMBARGO;  I  or,  |  Sketches  of  the  Times.  |  A 
Satire.  |  The  second  edition,  corrected  and  enlarged.  |  To- 
gether with  the  I  Spanish  Revolution,  |  and  |  other  Poems.  | 
i2mo,  original  marbled  wrappers  (the  back  of  different 
colored  paper  and  stamp  on  verso  of  front  wrapper). 

Boston:  Printed  for  the  Author  by  E.  G,  House,  1809 

*  Charity  Bryant's  copy,  with  her  autograph  in  pencil  on  the  title. 

2.  ORIGINAL  MANUSCRIPT  of  a  Poem  "The 
Late  Eclipse.  By  Cullen  Bryant  "  (added  in  another  hand 
''''aged  12  years").  ^2  lines,  written  on  a  folio  sheet,  dated 
Cummington,  1806.  ['■''  JV07'.  24th'"  in  another  hand.)  With 
typewritten  copy. 

*  A  VERY  RARE  EARLY  MANUSCRIPT,  and  without  doubt  in 
Bryant's  own  hand,  as  the  writing  is  unformed  and  childish  as  that 
of  a  lad  of  twelve  years.  Accompanied  by  a  written  statement  of 
Henry  L.  Sheldon  stating  that  the  MS.  was  found  in  a  trunk  of  letters 
belonging  to  Bryant's  aunt  Charity.  The  inference  seems  to  be  plain 
that  Bryant  wrote  it  and  sent  it  to  this  aunt,  of  whom  he  was  always 
very  fond.  A  reference  to  the  "  Life  of  Bryant,"  by  Parke  Godwin, 
Vol.  I,  pp.  23-24,  states  that  it  was  written  in  June,  1806. 

3.  MANUSCRIPT  of  "A  Paraphrase  on  the  104th 
Psalm  by  Cullen  Bryant,  aged  11  Years."  2  pp.  folio,  56 
lines,  marked  "  Copyd  by  Charity  Bryant^  Ctiuiinifigton,  August 
.27,  1806.''' 

*  A  copy  by  his  Aunt  of  a  very  early  poem.  In  Godwin's  "  Life," 
p.  76,  Vol.  I,  he  alludes  to  this  as  not  havitig  been  recovered.  The 
copy  made  by  his  Aunt,  therefore,  possesses  an  added  interest. 


XTbe  Collection  ot  5.  C.  Cbamberlain 

4.  AN  I  ORATION  |  delivered  |  at  |  Stockbridge  |  July 
4th,  1820.  I  By  William  C.  Bryant,  Esq.  |  Stockbridge,  | 
Printed  by  Charles  Webster,  |  1820.  |  8vo,  11  pp.,  hand- 
somely bound  in  full  brown  crushed  levant  morocco,  inside 
gilt  borders,  by  Bradstreet. 

*  Issued  as  a  stitched  leaflet  without  wrappers.  Very  rare  early 
ITEM,  with  the  autograph  "Z>.  Noble,  Aug.  16,  1S20,"  on  the  title. 
Only  two  or  three  copies  are  known. 

[See  Reproduction.] 

5.  POEMS  I  by  I  William  Cullen  Bryant.  |  Cambridge:] 
Printed  by  Milliard  &  Metcalf,  |  1821.  [including  "  Thana- 
topsis,"    "Green   River,"  "To    a   Waterfowl,"  and    others]. 

i2mo,  original  boards,  uncut. 

Cambridge:  Hilliard  &  Metcalf,  1821 

*  A  fine  copy  of  this  very  rare  book.  The  author's  first  volume  of 
collected  poems. 

6.  Another   copy    in    the   original  printed    wrappers. 

Excessively  rare  in  paper  covers.      Fine  copy. 

*  Mr.  Foley  says:  "The  only  copy  ever  seen  in  wrappers." 

7.  SPECIMENS  OF  THE    AMERICAN   POETS. 

With    Critical  Notes  and  a  Preface.      i2mo,  original  boards, 
uncut.  London:  Printed  for  T,  &.  J.  Allman,  1822 

*  Includes  "  Thanatopsis,"  "Green  River,"  "The  Ages,"  and 
other  selected  poems  by  Bryant. 

8.  THE  NEW  YORK  REVIEW  AND  ATHE- 
NAEUM MAGAZINE.  (Vols.  I.  and  II.,  edited  by  W.  C. 
Bryant  and  R.  C.  Sands,  with  original  poems  by  Bryant, 
Fitz-Greene  Halleck  and  others,  including  "Marco  Bozzaris. ") 
2  vols.  8vo, half  calf.   New  York:  E.  Bliss  and  E.White,  1825-26 

*  A  MS.  correction  [followed  in  the  separate  issue]  in  Halleck's 
hand  on  p.  74,  Vol.  I,  "  Marco  Bozzaris." 

9.  THE  ATLANTIC  SOUVENIR.  1826.  Illustra- 
ted.     i2mo,  original  boards,  gilt  edges  (worn,  covers  loose). 

Philadelphia:  Carey&Lea,  1826 

*  Contains,  "Oh,  Fairest  of  the  Rural  Maids,"  "June"  and 
"  Nature,"  by  Bryant  (all  unsigned). 

10.  THE  JUVENILE  MISCELLANY  (New  Series, 
Vols.  1-3).  Plates  aiid  woodcuts.  3  vols.  i8mo,  original  half 
roan.  Boston:  Putnam  &  Hunt,  1828-29 

*  With  poem  in  Vol.  i,  "To  the  Fringed  Gentian,"  by  Bryant. 
Rare. 


Morf^s  of  Milliam  Cullen  JBv^ant 

11.  THE   TALISMAN  for  1828.     P/afes.     i6mo,  origi- 
nal half  calf,  TOTALLY  UNCUT  (one plate  missing). 

New  York:  Elam  Bliss,  1827 

*  Conducted    by   Bryant,    G.    C.    Verplanck   and     R.    C.    Sands. 

Bryant  contributed  a  large  portion  of  the  contents  both  in  prose  and 

verse.     This  and  the  two  following  lots  comprise  all  that  were  ever 

issued. 

12.  THE  TALISMAN  for  1829.  Plates,  including  view 
of  Weehataken.      i6mo,  original  silk  covers,  gilt  edges. 

New  York:  Elam  Bliss,  1828 

13-    THE    TALISMAN  for     1830.      Plates  by  Maverick, 

Diirand  and  others.      i6mo,  original  stamped  roan,  gilt  edges. 

New  York:   Elam  Bliss,  1829 

14.  THE  AMERICAN  LANDSCAPE,  No.  i.  Con- 
taining the  following  Views:  Weehawken,  Catskill  Moun- 
tains, Fort  Putnam,  Delaware  Water-Gap,  Falls  of  the  Saw- 
kill,  and  Winnipiseogee  Lake,  engraved  from  the  Original 
and  Accurate  Drawings  executed  expressly  for  this  Work  [by 
A.  B.  Durand],  with  Historical  and  Topographical  Illustra- 
tions. [By  William  Cullen  Bryant.]  4to,  sewn  (no  wrap- 
pers). New  York:  Elam  Bliss,  1830 

*All  issued.  Extremely  rare,  lacking  in  the  Arnold, 
Foote,  Pyser,  and  other  collections,  a  proof  copy,  all  the 
plates  being  in  open  letters. 

15.  THE  LITERARY  SOUVENIR  fori83i.  Edited 
by  Alaric  A.  Watts.  Plates.  i8mo,  original  silk  binding, 
gilt  edges.  London:  Longman,  Rees,  Orme,  Browne,  & 
Green,  1831. 

*  With  "Song"  by  Bryant,  and  "  The  Indian  Girl's  Lament,"  by 
Whittier,  a  poem  hitherto  unnoticed  by  the  poets,  biographers  and 
bibliographers,  and  not  in  any  of  his  collected  writings. 

16.  TALES  OF  THE  GLAUBER  SPA.  By  Several 
American  Authors.  2  vols,  i2mo,  original  cloth  and  labels 
(slightly  used  and  back  damaged  by  a  nail). 

New  York:  J,  &  J.  Harper,  1832 

*  Edited  by  Bryant,  who  contributed  the  Introduction,  "The 
Skeleton's  Cave"  and  "  Medfield." 

17.  TALES  OF  THE  GLAUBER  SPA.  (Volume  i 
only.)  i2mo,  original  paper  covers,  uncut,  with  leaf  of 
Prospectus  (back  worn).         New  York:  J.  &  J.  Harper,  1832 

*  Very  rare,  in  paper.  "  Mrs.  A.  M.  Sherman  "  written  on  title, 
and  on  the  Prospectus  in  a  hand  which  strongly  resembles  Bryant's. 

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i8.  POEMS  (including  many  now  first  published).  lamo^ 
original  half  cloth  and  boards,  with  label  intact,  uncut. 

New  York:    E,   Bliss,  1832 

*  Fine  copy.     Scarce.     Not  in  the  Arnold  Collection. 

19.  POEMS.  Edited  by  Washington  Irving.  i2mo, 
original  half  cloth  and  boards,  uncut,  with  label  (covers 
worn).  London:  J.Andrews,  1832 

*  The  First  London  Edition,  in  which  the  editor  very  consider- 
ately spares  his  English  readers  the  record  of  a  "  British  Soldier's  " 
trembling  !  In  the  song  of  "  Marion's  Men  "  it  is  an  unclassified 
foeman  who  trembles  when  "  Marion's  name  is  told."  With  autograph 
of  "Elizabeth  Stedman,  1841." 

20.  NATIONAL  INTELLIGENCER.  No.  3,878, 
Vol.  27  (with  poem  "A  Noon  Scene,"  by  Bryant),  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  Mch.  II,  1826;  also.  The  Yankee,  The  Farm- 
er's Almanack  for  1834  (containing  a  reprint  of  the  above), 
Boston,  1834.      Folio  and  i2mo,  uncut. 

*  The  poem  above  referred  to  was  awarded  the  prize  of  $30  offered 
by  the  editor  of  the  New  York  Mirror  and  Ladies'  Literary  Gazette, 
and  is  here  printed  in  advance  of  its  appearance  in  that  publication. 

21.  THE  GIFT:  a  Poetical  Remembrancer,  selected 
from  the  Works  of  Native  and  Foreign  Authors.  Frontispiece. 
(Poems  by  Bryant,  Longfellow,  Whittier,  etc.)  i8mo,  half 
roan  (broken). 

Concord,  N.  H.  :   Currier  &  Hall  &  Asa  McFarland,  1835 

22.  POEMS  (newly  revised,  with  additions).  Engraved 
title.    i2mo,  original  cloth.    New  York:   Harper  &  Bros.,  1836 

*  One  of  the  copies  designated  "Third  Edition,"  with  copyright, 
1836.  Presentation  copy:  "Caroline  F.  Appleton,  Boston,  Jan.  i, 
1836,"  in  Bryant's  hand  on  the  fly-leaf. 

23.   The  same.    One  of  the  copies  designated  "  Fourth 

Edition,"  but  copyright  dated  1835.     i2mo,  original  silk,  gilt 
edges  (somewhat  rubbed).     New  York:  Harper  &  Bros.,  1836 

24.  THE  BIOGRAPHICAL  ANNUAL:  containing 
Memoirs  of  Eminent  Persons,  Recently  Deceased.  Edited 
by  R.  W.  Griswold.  Portraits  and  vignette  titles.  i2mo,  orig- 
inal cloth  gilt.  New  York:  Liven  &  Tennell,   1841 

*  With  Memoir  of  Theodore  Sedgwick,  by  Bryant. 

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25.  THE  FOUNTAIN  AND  OTHER  POEMS. 

i6mo,  original  clotli,  with  label.     12  pages  of  advertisements. 
New  York  and  London:   Wiley  and  Putnam,  1842 

26.  Another  Copy.      i6mo,  original  boards,  with  label 

and  with  the  advertisements.       New  York  and  London,  1842 

PRESENTATION    COPY. 

27.  THE  FOUNTAIN  AND  OTHER  POEMS. 

i6mo,  original  black  cloth  gilt.    New  York  and  London,  1842 

*  A  fine  copy,  with  autograph  presentation  inscription  from 
Bryant  to  S.  F.  B.  Morse.     The  Arnold  copy,  with  his  book-label. 

28.  [BRYANT  (WM.  CULLEN).]  An  Address  to  the 
People  of  the  United  States  in  behalf  of  the  American  Copy- 
right Club,  adopted  at  New  York,  October  i8th,  1843.  8vo, 
sewed,  pp.  20.  With  a  list  of  the  members  and  associate  mem- 
bers, including  Poe,  Longfellow,  Lowell,  Holmes,  Emerson, 
etc.  New  York:  Published  by  the  Club,  1843 

*  With  the  initials  W.  A.  J[ones?],  a  member  of  the  club,  on  the 
the  title.  When  Dickens  visited  America  in  1842,  he  lost  no  oppor- 
tunity of  pressing  the  importance  of  copyright,  and  he  entrusted  to 
Bryant  an  address  to  the  people  of  the  United  States,  on  the  passage 
of  an  international  copyright  law.  Bryant's  present  address,  while 
urging  that  justice  be  done  foreign  authors,  places  great  stress  on 
the  fact  that  American  literature  had  reached  a  stage  of  development 
requiring  protection  from  foreign  pillage. 

29.  THE  FOUNTAIN  AND  OTHER  POEMS  (in- 
cluding "The  White- Footed  Deer,"  and  Memoir  of  the 
Author).     i8mo,  original  illuminated  wrappers,  uncut. 

London:  H.  G.  Clarke  &  Co.,  1844 

*  First  English  Edition.     R.  C.  Waterston's  copy,  with  his  sig 
nature  and  autograph  inscription — "  Passed  a  most  delightful  and 
ever  to  be  remembered  week  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bryant  at  Heidel- 
berg, July,  1857." 

30.  POEMS.  IViV/i  illustrations  by  E.  Leuize,  engraved  by 
American  artists.     Thick  8vo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Philadelphia:  Carey  &  Hart,  1847 

*  The  first  collected  Library  Edition  of  Bryant's  Poems.  A  trifle 
spotted. 

31.  A  FUNERAL  ORATION,  occasioned  by  the 
Death  of  Thomas  Cole,  delivered  before  the  National 
Academy  of  Design,  New  York,  May,  4,  1848.  8vo,  original 
printed  wrappers.  New  York:  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  1848 

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32.  LETTERS  OF  A  TRAVELLER;  or,  Notes  of 
Things  Seen  in  Europe  and  America.  i2mo,  original  cloth, 
top  and  bottom  edges  uncut.     New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  1850 

*  Fine,  bright  copy.     With  book-label  of  W.  H.  Arnold. 

33.  MEMORIAL  OF  JAS.  FENIMORE  COOPER 

(with  a  Discourse  ,on    the    Life  and   Genius  of  Cooper,    by 
Bryant,  pp.  39-74).     Portrait.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  G,  P.  Putnam,  1852 

34.  POEMS.  Collected  and  Arranged  by  the  Author 
(with  corrections  and  poems  not  included  in  previous  edi- 
tions). 2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth,  top  edge  uncut.  Fine 
copy.  New  York:  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  1855 

35.  CELEBRATION  OF  THE  TWO-HUN- 
DREDTH ANNIVERSARY  of  the  Incorporation  of 
Bridgewater,  Mass.,  at  West  Bridgewater,  June  3,  1856  (with 
Hymn,  pp.  18-19,  by  Bryant),  Steel  portrait  atid  view.  8vo, 
orig.  wrappers.   Boston:  Printed  by  John  Wilson  &  Son,  1856 

36.  CELEBRATION  OF  THE  TWO-HUN- 
DREDTH ANNIVERSARY  of  the  Settlement  of  Hadley, 
Mass.,  June  8th,  1859  (with  Address  by  Bryant,  pp.  70-71).  8vo, 
original  wrappers.       Northampton:  Bridgman  &  Childs,  1859 

"■  Presentation  copy  to  Benjamin  Silliman  from  D.  Fluntington. 

37.  LETTERS  OF  A  TRAVELLER.  Second  Series. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.  New  York:  D.  Appleton  Co.,  1859 

WITH    AUTOGRAPH    TETTER    INSERTED. 

38.  A  DISCOURSE  ON  THE  LIFE,  CHARACTER 
AND  GENIUS  OF  WASHINGTON  IRVING,  deliv- 
ered before  the  New  York  Historical  Society,  3d  of  April, 
i860.  Photo  portraits,  vieivs^  etc.,  inserted.  Post  8vo,  cloth, 
gilt  edges.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  i860 

*  Inserted  is  a  long  and  interesting  autograph  letter  (3  pp.  4to) 
from  Bryant  to  R.  C.  Waterston,  referring  to  the  above  and  men- 
tioning his  home  life  at  Roslyn,  L.  I. 

39.  A  FOREST  HYMN.  Illustrated.  Small  4to,  orig- 
inal half  roan  and  boards,  gilt  edges. 

New  York:  W.  A.  Townsend  &  Co.  [i860] 

*  First  issue,  with  "  C.  A.  Alvord,  Printer,  New  York,"  on  verso 
of  title. 

40.  Second  issue  of  the  same,  with  "Printed  by  Alvord" 

on  verso  of  title.      New  York:  W.  A.  Townsend  &  Co.  [i860] 

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41.  THIRTY  POEMS.  lamo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 
Fine  copy.  New  York:   D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  1864 

PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  BRYANT. 

42.  HYMNS.  (Privately  printed.)  i2mo,  original  salmon 
co/ored  cloih,  gilt,  lettered  on  side.  [New  York,  1864] 

*  Place  and  date  of  publication  so  written  in  the  author's  autograph. 
Also  presentation  inscription  from  him  to  Rev.  Samuel  Cox,  dated 
Nov.  1864. 

The  extremely  rare  first  issue,  with  the  second  line  in  the  fourth 
stanza  on  page  9,  reading,"  Dwells  on  Thy  Works  in  deep  delight." 
Only  a  very  small  number  of  copies  were  issued  for  distribution 
among  the  author's  friends. 

43.  HYMNS.      i2mo,  original  black  cXoXh.,  gilt. 

[New  York,  1869] 
*The  privately  printed  re-issue  of  the  1S64  edition,  of  which  but 

25  copies  were  issued  for  presentation  purposes. 

Apparently  identical  with  the  first  issue,  though  with  several  minor 

alterations.    In  this  issue  the  second  line  of  the  last  stanza,  on  page  9, 

reads,  "  Delighted  on  thy  works  delays." 

44.  ORIGINAL  MANUSCRIPT  of  Two  Hymns,  6 
verses,  of  four  lines  each,  unsigned,  but  in  Bryant's  hand. 
Written  on  the  same  sheet. 

*  The  "  motifs"  of  these  Hymns  are  "  The  Earth  is  full  of 
Thy  Riches''  and  "  Praise  for  the  Loving  Kindness  of  our  God." 
The  title  is  pencilled  in  Bryant's  hand,  over  each  Hymn.  Contributed 
to  Hymn  Book  edited  by  Henry  D.  Sewall,  1S20  (?). 

45.  THE  BRYANT  FESTIVAL  AT  "THE  CEN- 
TURY." Illustrated  Edition.  4to,  original  half  roan 
and  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut  (joints  slightly  rubbed). 

New  York:   Published  for  the  Century  Association,  1865 

*  Large  Paper.  One  of  only  150  copies  so  printed.  Contains  21 
portraits,  including  Bryant,  Holmes,  Longfellow,  Whittier,  Lowell, 
etc.,  and  2  views.  With  address  by  Bryant  and  Emerson,  and  poems 
by  Holmes,  Lowell,  Whittier,  etc.     Scarce  in  this  issue. 

46.  SOME  NOTICES  OF  THE  LIFE  AND 
WRITINGS  OF  FITZ-GREENE  HALLECK,  read 
before  the  New  York  Historical  Society,  3d  of  February, 
1869.     8vo,  sewn,  pp.  43.  [New  York],  1869 

47.  LETTERS  FROM  THE  EAST.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  New  York:   G.  P.  Putnam  &  Son,  1869 

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48.  A  DISCOURSE  on  the  Life,  Character  and  Writings 
of  Gulian  Crommelin  Verplanck,  delivered  before  the  New 
York  Historical  Society,  May  17th,  1870.  8vo,  original  wrap- 
pers, uncut.    J^i/ie  copy. 

New  York:   Printed  for  the  Society,  1870 

49-  THE  BRYANT  HOMESTEAD  BOOK.  By  an 
Idle  Scholar.  Photo  portrait  etched  caricature  by  Thos.  JVast, 
and  other  illustrations.   Small  4to,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

New  York:   G.  P.  Putnam,  1870 

50.  THE  ILIAD  OF  HOMER.  Translated  into  Eng- 
lish Blank  Verse.     2  vols,  royal  8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt  tops. 

Boston:   Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.,  1870 

*  Presentation  copy  to  General  Banks  from  Mrs.  John  C.  Fremont, 
with  autograph  inscription  on  both  titles. 

WITH  AUTOGRAPH  VERSE  ON  END  PAPERS  OF  EACH  VOLUME. 

51.  THE  ODYSSEY  OF  HOMER.  Translated  into 
English  Blank  Verse.  2  vols,  royal  8vo,  tliree-quarter  black 
crushed  levant  gilt,  gilt  tops. 

Boston:  Jas.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1871 

*  With  an  autograph  stanza  on  the  blank  end  papers  ot  each  vol- 
ume, written  and  signed  by  Bryant. 

"  Tell  me,  oh  Muse,  of  that  sagacious  man 
Who,  having  overthrown  the  sacred  town 
Of  Ilium,  wandered  far  and  visited 

The  capitals  of  many  nations. 
Since  thou  has  come  Ulysses,  as  a  guest, 
To  this  high  pile  and  to  these  brazen  rooms, 
So  long  a  sufferer,  thou  must  not  depart 
Upon  thy  homeward  way,  a  wanderer  still. 
Dec.  31,  1S72." 

52.  THE  SONG  OF  THE  SOWER.  Illustrated  with 
Jf.2  engravings  on  ivood.      Small  4to,  original   cloth,  gilt  edges. 

New  York:   I).  Appleton  &  Co.,   187  i 

5^.  THE  SETTLEMENT  OF  THE  ALABAMA 
QUESTION.  The  Banquet  given  at  New  York  to  Her  Brit- 
tanic  Majesty's  High  Commissioners  by  Cyrus  W.  Field. 
Introduction  by  Justin  McCarthy  (with  Speech  by  Bryant,  pp. 
62-66).    Photo  portraits.     Small  8vo,  original  limp  boards. 

London:   Tinsley  Bros.,  187  i 

54.  ORATIONS  AND  ADDRESSES,  izmo,  original 
cloth.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  1873 


Morfts  of  MiUiam  Cullcn  :Bri^ant 

55.  THANATOPSIS.  (A  Poem.)  Facsimile  of  Author's 
Copy.     4to,  original  wrappers,  uncut. 

New  York:  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  1874 

56.  THE  BRYANT  CELEBRATION  by  the  Chicago 

Literary  Club,  Nov.  3,  1874  (with  Poem  by  Bryant,  written 
at  the  age  of  15,  and  addressed  to  an  elder  brother).  8vo, 
original  printed  wrappers. 

Chicago:  Jansen,  McClurg  &Co.,  1875 

57.  POEMS.  Collected  and  Arranged  by  the  Author 
{containing  several  pieces  not  included  in  any  previous  col- 
lection). Steel  portrait  and  lOO  illustrations,  after  Birket  Foster 
^nd  others.      8vo,  cloth  gilt  extra,  gilt  edges.      Fine  copy. 

New  York:   D.  Appleton  &  Co.  [1876] 

58.  THE  CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  of 
American  Independence  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  New  York, 
July  4th,  1876  (with  poem  by  Bryant,  p.  v).  8vo,  original 
wrappers,  uncut. 

New  York:  Anson  D.  F.  Randolph  &  Co.,  1876 

59-  A  POPULAR  HISTORY  OF  THE  UNITED 
STATES,  from  the  First  Discovery  of  the  Western 
Hemisphere  by  the  Northmen,  to  the  End  of  the  First 
Century  of  the  Union  of  the  States,  preceded  by  a  Sketch  of 
the  Pre-Historic  period  and  the  Age  of  the  Mound  Builders. 
By  William  Cullen  Bryant  and  Sydney  Howard  Gay.  Illus- 
trated.    4  vols,  thick  royal  8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

New  York:   Scribner,  Armstrong  and  Co.,  1876 

60.  AUTOGRAPH    LETTER    SIGNED    by   W.    C. 

Bryant.  2  pp.  4to,  Cummington  (Mass.),  Mch.  21,  1820. 
With  leaf  of  superscription  and  franked  with  another  signa- 
ture. 

*  To  his  aunt,  Miss  Charity  Bryant,  announcing  the  death  of  his 
father,  with  details  of  his  last  illness. 

61.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED  by  Bryant. 
2  pp.  4to,  New  York,  Sept.  25,  1843.  Franked  with  another 
signature. 

*  To  his  aunt,  Miss  Charity  Bryant.  Written  on  the  inner  pages 
of  a  letter  from  his  mother  to  the  same.  Personal  letter,  giving 
family  news,  etc. 

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62.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED  by  Bryant. 
3  pp.  4to,  with  leaf  of  superscription,  N.  Y  ,  May  i8,  1847, 

*  To  his  aunt,  Miss  Charity  Bryant,  on  learning  the  news  of  his 
mother's  death.  A  very  beautiful  and  intimate  letter  of  personal 
loss. 

6z.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED.  3  pp.  4to, 
Boston,  Jan.  30,  181 2,  written  by  Peter  Bryant,  the  father  of 
Wm.  Cullen  Bryant,  to  his  aunt.  Miss  Charity  Bryant  (with 
typewritten  copy). 

*  His  father  copies  in  this  letter  Bryant's  "  Ode  to  Spring,"  trans- 
lated from  Anacreon,  written  while  Bryant  was  at  Williams  College 
and  preparing  for  Yale:  "  Cullen  is  now  prosecuting  his  studies  7uith 
a  view  to  enter  Yale  .  .  .  and  to  amuse  you  I  send  you  a  translation 
of  his  A?jacreon's  '  Ode  to  Spring^  from  the  Greek." 

Bryant  was  disappointed  in  his  course  at  Yale,  as  it  proved  too 
expensive  for  his  father  to  send  him. 

64.  MANUSCRIPT   OF    "A    PARAPHRASE.     By 

Cullen  Bryant,  aged  10  years."  Job,  Chap.  I.,  88  lines,  on 
2^  folio  pages  marked  "  Cullen  Brya/ifs  Paraphrase  on  the 
first  Chapter  of  Job.""  .  .  .  Copied  by  C.  Bryant^  Plainfield^ 
January  //,  iSoy. 

*  Copied  by  his  aunt,  Charity  Bryant.  Bryant  mentions  this  in 
his  Autobiography  (see  Godwin's  "  Life,"  p.  22),  and  says:  "My 
Grandfather  gave  ?>ie  as  an  exercise  the  first  Chapter  of  the  Book  of 

Job  to  turn   into  verse  .  .  .  For  this   task  I  was  rewarded  with  the 
small  Spanish  coin  then  called  a  ninepenny  piece." 

65.  MANUSCRIPT.  "  Lines  Written  on  a  Birthday,  May 
22^  184J,"  signed  "  C.  ^. ,"  26  lines  on  one  page,  4to;  '''•Here 
and  There.  Or  Time  and  Eternity,  Copied  by  Miss  C.  Bryant," 
40  lines  on  a  folio  sheet;  Original  Verse,  "  Sunday  Evening, 
January,  1804,""  signed  "  C.  B.,'^  8  lines.      Together  3  pieces. 

*  Written  and  copied  by  Miss  Charity  Bryant,  the  aunt  of  the 
poet. 

66.  MANUSCRIPT  OF   "  THE  SEASONS,"  written 

December  26,  1806,  by  Cullen  Bryant,  24  lines;  with  "A 
Thunderstorm,"  written  Jan'y  6,  1807,  by  Cullen  Bryant,  52 
lines,  together  filling  two  sides  of  a  folio  sheet. 

*  An  early  copy  by  his  aunt.  Charity  Bryant. 

67.  MANUSCRIPT    "THE    SPRING'S    WALK.'" 

6  verses  of  8  lines  each  on  a  folio  sheet,  dated  Cummington., 
August,  1810.      A  copy  by  his  aunt  (?). 

*  Written  the  spring  before  Bryant  entered  Williams  College. 

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EARLY  BRYANT  POEM. 

68.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED,  3  pp.  4to, 
Cummington,  July  23,  1812,  of  Peter  Bryant,  his  father,  to 
Miss  Charity  Bryant,  his  aunt  (with  typewritten  copy). 

*Two  pages  of  this  letter  are  filled  with  an  "  Ode  for  the  4th  of 
July,  1812" — an  early  poem  written  by  Bryant  on  "  Madison's  Mad 
War"  as  his  father  writes,  and  copied  by  him  into  this  letter.  An 
exceedingly  interesting  item,  showing  that  Bryant's  youthful  genius 
was  much  encouraged  by  his  family,  as  his  father  says:  " /f  it  not 
poetical — is  it  not  spirited — is  it  not  Patriotic  ? — //  has  been  .  .  . 
echoed  in  the  newspapers  from  New  York  to  Boston,  and  .  .  .  does 
honor  to  the  Boys  Genius  and  Talents,  etc." 

This  Ode  was  written  at  the  request  of  the  Washington  Benevolent 
Society  of  Boston,  made  through  his  father.  Bryant  was  17  years 
old  at  the  time. 

69.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS  SIGNED.  20  letters 
from  Peter  Bryant,  the  father  of  the  Poet,  to  his  sister,  Miss 
Charity  Bryant,  from  Aug.  4,  1806  (when  Bryant  was  12  years 
old),  to  Aug.  28,  1819,  and  one  letter  from  Bryant's  mother 
to  the  same,  Mch.  i,  1821,  announcing  his  father's  death. 
Together  21  letters,  2,  3,  and  4  pp.  each,  8vo  and  4to. 

*  Many  of  these  letters  contain  references  to  Bryant's  work  and 
life,  among  which  are: 

March  6,  1809:   Refers  to  the  2nd  Edition  of  the  Embargo  and  the 

Spanish  Revolution,  giving  the  number  printed. 
Aug.  22,  1S14:   Refers  to  Bryant's  "Ode  for  the  4th  of  July." 
Feb.  13,  1819:  Refers  to  "Odes  in  1S18,  and  1817." 

70.  IN      MEMORY      OF     WILLIAM      CULLEN 

BRYANT.  Born  1794,  Died  1878,  Portrait  and  extra  por- 
trait laidin.    8vo,  original  printed  wrappers.    [New  York,  1878] 

*  With  sketches  by  E.  C.  Stedman,  R.  H.  Stoddard,  and  others. 

71.  TRIBUTE  TO  WILLIAM  CULLEN  BRYANT. 

By  Robert  C.  Waterston,  at  the  meeting  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Historical  Society,  June  13,  1878  (with  poems  by  Bryant, 
extracts  from  his  last  speech,  etc.).  8vo,  original  printed 
wrappers.  Boston:  John  Wilson  &  Son,  1878 

72.  THE  POETICAL  WORKS  of  William  Cullen 
Bryant.  Edited  by  Parke  Godwin.  2  vols.  8vo,  original 
cloth  gilt,  gilt  top,  uncut.    New  York:  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  1883 

*  First  issue  of  this  ably  edited  edition. 

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73-  A  BIOGRAPHY  OF  WILLIAM  CULLEN 
BRYANT,  with  Extracts  from  his  Private  Correspondence. 
By  Parke  Godwin.  Two  portraits.  2  vols.  8vo,  original  cloth 
gilt,  gilt  tops,  uncut.       New  York:   D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  1883 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label. 

74.  BRYANT  AND  HIS  FRIENDS;  some  Reminis- 
cences of  the  Knickerbocker  Writers.  By  James  Grant 
Wilson.  Illustrated.  Royal  4to,  original  cloth,  gilt  top, 
uncut.  New  York:   Fords,  Howard  and  Hulbert,  1886 

*  Large  Paper  copy,  autographed  by  the  Author. 

75.  WILLIAM  CULLEN  BRYANT.  By  John  Bige- 
low.  Portrait.  (American  Men  of  Letters.)  i2mo,  original 
cloth.      Boston  and  New  York:  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1890 


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76.  UNIVERSITY  IN  CAMBRIDGE.  Order  of  Per- 
formances for  Exhibition,  Tuesday,  April  24,  1824.  Leaflet, 
pp.  4.  Cambridge:   Hilliard  and  Metcalf,  1821 

*  "No.  9.   A  Poem,  '  Indian  Superstition,'  by  R.  W.  Emerson." 

77.  A  SERMON  delivered  at  the  Ordination  of  Hersey 
Bradford  Goodwin  as  Colleague  Pastor  with  Ezra  Ripley, 
D.  D.,  of  the  Congregational  Church  and  Society  in  Concord, 
Mass.,  Febr.  17,  1830  ("Right  Hand  of  Fellowship,"  by 
Emerson,  pp  29-31).  8vo,  sewn  (stamp  on  title  and  some- 
what water-stained). 

Concord:   Published  at  the  Gazette  Office,  1830 

78.  A  SERMON  delivered  at  the  Ordination  of  Rev. 
Chandler  Robbins,  over  the  Second  Congregational  Church 
in  Boston,  Dec.  4th,  1833.  By  Rev.  Henry  Ware,  Jr.  (Hymn 
on  p.  32  by  Emerson).      8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut. 

Boston:  Jas.  W.  Burditt,  1833 

^_.  79.   A  HISTORICAL   DISCOURSE  delivered  before 

^ttf,  the  Citizens  of  Concord,  12th  September,  1835,  on  the  Second 

"  Centennial  Anniversary  of   the    Incorporation   of  the  Town. 

Large  8vo,  half  roan,  uncut. 

^  Concord:  G.  F.  Bemis,  Printer,  1835 

c^  ,  -—  *  The  McKee  copy,  with  bookplate. 

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80.  NATURE.      i2mo,  original  black  cloth. 

Boston:  Jas.  Munroe  &  Co.,  1836 

81.  AN  ORATION  delivered  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
Society  at  Cambridge,  August  31,  1837.  8vo,  original  wrap- 
pers. Boston:  Jas.  Munroe  &  Co.,  1837 

82.  AN  ORATION  delivered  before   the  Literary  Socie-         /j.j5-/rOA^  ^  ^ 

ties    of    Dartmouth    College,    July    24,    1838.     8vo,    original  '  '''■" 

wrappers  (small  relief  stamp  on  front  cover). 

Boston:  Chas.  C.  Little  &  Jas.  Brown,  1838 

*  Presentation  copy  from  the  publishers,  with  inscription  on  title. 

83.  AN  ADDRESS  delivered  before  the  Senior  Class  in         A^rrcJ^  ^  '•> 

/  o  o 

Divinity  College,  Cambridge,  Sunday  Evening,  15  July,  1838.  — 

8vo,  original  wrappers.  Boston:  Jas.  Munroe  &  Co.,  1838 

84.  ESSAYS  AND  POEMS.  By  Jones  Very.  i2mo, 
original  cloth  and  label. 

Boston:  Chas.  C.  Little  and  Jas.  Brown,  1839 

*  Edited    anonymously  by   R.  W.   Emerson.     Presentation    copy 
from  the  author,  with  autograph  inscription.      Fine  copy. 

85.  ESSAYS.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Jas.  Munroe  &  Co.,  1841 

*  First  issue  of  the  First  Edition  without  the  lettering  on  back, 
"  First  Series." 

86.  THE    METHOD    OF     NATURE.     An    Oration       /\i^ua^,ji  -^ 

delivered    before   the    Society   of   the   Adelphi,  in  Waterville  ^."^ 

College,  in  Maine,  August  11,  1841.      8vo,  original  wrappers. 

Fine  copy.  Boston:  Samuel  G.  Simpkins,  1841    ''_^ 

87.  THE  DIAL:  A  Magazine  for  Literature,  Philosophy 
and  Religion,  i  to  16  in  the  original  Parts  [July,  1840- 
April,  1844].      8vo,  original  wrappers. 

Boston:  Jordan  &  Co.  ;   [and]  E.  P.  Peabody,  i84o-'44 

*  Edited    anonymously    by   Emerson,    Margaret    Fuller   and  Geo. 
Ripley. 

88.  AN  ADDRESS  delivered  in  the  Court-House  in 
Concord,  Massachusetts,  on  ist  August,  1844,  on  the  Anni- 
versary of  the  Emancipation  of  the  Negroes  in  the  British 
West  Indies.      8vo,  original  wrappers. 

Boston:  Jas.  Munroe  &  Co.,  1844 
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89.  THE  EMANCIPATION  OF  THE  NEGROES 

in  the  British  West  Indies.      An   Address  delivered   at  Con- 
cord,  Massachusetts,  on    ist  August,  1844.      i2mo,   original 

wrappers.  London:  John  Chapman,  1844 

*  First  English  Edition. 

90.  THE  YOUNG  AMERICAN.  A  Lecture  read 
before  the  Mercantile  Library  Association  in  Boston,  at  the 
Odeon,  Wednesday,  Feb'y  7,  1844.  8vo,  half  blue  crushed 
levant.  London:  John  Chapman,  1844 

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91.  ESSAYS.     Second  Series.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Jas.  Munroe  &  Co.,  1844 

92.  OUR  PASTORS'  OFFERING.  A  Compilation 
from  the  Writings  of  the  Pastors  of  the  Second  Church.  For 
the  Ladies'  Fair.  [Poems,  "The  Last  Farewell,"  "Woodnotes," 
and  "My  Thoughts,"  by  Emerson.]  i2mo,  original  boards 
(back  missing).      Boston:   Printed  by  George  Coolidge,  1845 

93.  POEMS.  I  by  I  R.  W.  Emerson.  |  Boston:  |  James 
Munroe  and  Company.  |  1847.  i2mo,  original  boards  (re- 
backed  and  reprinted  label),  with  4  pp.  of  advertisements, 
dated  Jan.  i,  1847.      Rare.  Boston,  1847 

94.  POEMS.  i2mo,  original  cloth  (somewhat  faded), 
top  edge  uncut.  London:   Chapman  Bros.,  1847 

*  First  English  Edition.  First  issue  with  "  Notice  "  on  verso  of 
half  title  and  advertisements  dated  Nov.  i6th,  1846  [in  later  copies 
Feb.  20,  1847]. 

95.  THE  MASSACHUSETTS  QUARTERLY 
REVIEW.  No.  I,  December,  1847.  [Editor's  Address  by 
Emerson,  pp.  1-7.]     Svo,  original  wrappers,  uncut. 

Boston:  Coolidge  &  Wiley  [1847] 

96.  NATURE:  ADDRESSES  AND  LECTURES. 

i2mo,    original   cloth,  uncut,  with    8   pp.    of   advertisements 
dated  Sept.,  1849.    Fine  copy.     Boston  and  Cambridge,  1849 

PRESENTATION  COrV  FROM   EMERSON. 

97-  REPRESENTATIVE  MEN:  SEVEN  LEC- 
TURES.     i2mo,  original  black  cloth,  some  leaves  uncut. 

Boston:   Phillips,  Sampson  &  Co.,  1850 

*  Autograph  presentation  copy  krom  the  author  to 
H.  G.  O.  Blake  (editor  of  various  works  of  Thoreau),  the  inscription 
dated  Dec,  1849.     Fine  copy. 

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98.  REPRESENTATIVE  MEN:  SEVEN  LEC- 
TURES.     i2mo,  original  cloth  (name  on  title). 

London:  John  Chapman,  1850 

*  First  English  Edition,  with  many  variations  from  the  American 
Edition.     Fine  copy. 

99-  THE  BOSTON  BOOK:  being  Specimens  of  Metro- 
politan Literature.  (Fourth  Series,  with  contributions  by- 
Emerson,  Hawthorne,  Lowell,  Longfellow,  Whittier,  etc.) 
Vigtiette  title.      12 mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:    Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  1850 
100.    MEMOIRS     OF      MARGARET     FULLER 
OSSOLI.       [By  J.  F.  Clarke,   R.  W.    Emerson   and    W.    H. 
Channing.]      2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Phillips,  Sampson  &  Co.,  1852 

*  Volume  I,  pp.  199-351,  by  Emerson. 

WITH  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  FROM  EMERSON  INSERTED. 

loi.   ENGLISH  TRAITS.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Phillips,  Sampson  &  Co.,  1856 

*  Fine  copy,  with  an  autograph  letter  from  the  author  inserted 
(address  cut  from  bottom  of  last  page).  "/  zvas  to  send  you  the 
Bhagvat  when  it  came  into  my  hands:  I  remember  you  were  under 
a  covenant  not  to  read  any  copy  btit  mine.  With  hope  of  better  speed  in 
the  New  Year"  etc. 

102.  ENGLISH  TRAITS.  i6mo,  original  boards  (back 
missing).  London:  G.  Routledge,  1856 

103.  MISCELLANIES  ;  embracing  Nature,  Addresses 
and  Lectures.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Phillips,  Sampson  &  Co.,  1856 

104.  THE  CONDUCT  OF  LIFE.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  i860 

*  First  issue,  with  a  perfect  impression  of  the  last  "C"  in  the 
date  in  the  imprint,  verso  of  half-title  blank  and  17  pp.  of  adver- 
tisements in  which  "  The  Conduct  of  Life  "  is  announced  as  "  nearly 
ready." 

105.  THE  JOHN  BROWN  INVASION.  An  Authen- 
tic History  of  the  Harper's  Ferry  Tragedy,  with  full  details 
of  the  Capture,  Trial  and  Execution  of  the  Invaders  and  of 
all  the  Incidents  connected  therewith.  Portrait.  8vo,  orig- 
inal wrappers.  Boston:  James  Campbell,  i860 

*  With  Speech  by  Emerson,  pp.  103-105. 

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io6.  MAY-DAY  and  Other  Pieces.  i2mo,  cloth.  Fine 
COPY.  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1867 

107.  CEREMONIES  at  the  Dedication  of  the  Soldiers' 
Monument  in  Concord,  Mass.  (with  an  Address  by  Emerson). 
Photo,  frontispiece.      r2mo,  original  glazed  wrappers. 

Concord:   Printed  by  Benj.  Tolman,  1867 

108.  ADDRESS  delivered  on  the  Centennial  Anniversary 
of  the  Birth  of  Alexander  Von  Humboldt  under  the  Aus- 
pices of  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History.  By  Louis 
Agassiz.  (Speech  by  Emerson,  pp.  71-7.)  8vo,  original 
wrappers.      Boston:   Boston  Society  of  Natural  History,  1869 

*  Poem  by  Holmes  and  Letter  by  Whittier. 

109.  SOCIETY  AND  SOLITUDE.  Twelve  Chapters. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.        Boston:   Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.,  1870 

no.  TRIBUTE  TO  WALTER  SCOTT  on  the  One 

Hundredth  Anniversary  of  his  Birthday,  by  the  Massachu- 
setts Historical  Society,  Aug.  15,  187 1.  8vo,  original  wrap- 
pers. Boston:  Privately  printed  from  the  Proceedings  of 
the  Society,   1872. 

*  With  speech  by  Emerson  and  Letter  by  Holmes. 

111.  LETTERS  AND  SOCIAL  AIMS.  i2mo,  orig- 
inal cloth.  Boston:  Jas.  R.  Osgood,  1876 

WITH  A  LETTER  FROM  EMERSON  INSERTED. 

112.  SELECTED  POEMS.  New  and  Revised  Edition 
(including  many  not  in  previous  collections).  i6mo,  original 
claret  cloth  (mentioned  by  Emerson  in  the  letter  inserted). 
Fine  copy.  Boston:  Jas.  R.  Osgood,  1876 

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Emerson  (i  p.,  i2mo)  relating  to  the  above,  inserted: 

' '  Will  Air.  Osgood  please  send  me  six  copies  of  Emerson's  '  Se- 
lected Poems,'  4  in  the  grey  binding  and  2  in  the  claret,  and  send 
them  to  my  address. — R.   W.  Emerson." 

113.  FORTUNE  OF  THE  REPUBLIC.  Lecture 
delivered  at  the  Old  South  Church,  March  30,  1878.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:   Houghton,  Osgood  &  Co.,  1878 

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John  Fiske,  Whittier,  Stedman  and  others.     Rare  in  this  state. 

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117.  THE  PREACHER.  Reprinted  from  "The  Uni- 
tarian Review."     8vo,  original  wrappers. 

Boston:  Geo.  H,  Ellis,  Printer,  1880 

118.  OLD  SOUTH  LEAFLETS.  Boston  Sicut  Pa- 
tribus,  Sit  Deus  Nobis.  A  Poem  read  at  Faneuil  Hall  on 
the  Centennial  Anniversary  of  the  Destruction  of  the  Tea, 
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119.  THE  COMPLETE  WORKS  OF  RALPH 
WALDO  EMERSON.  Edited  by  J.  E.  Cabot  (the  Au- 
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paper  by  S.  A.  Schoff  and  J.  A.  Wilcox.,  and  vignette  titles.  12 
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prepared  by  the  author  and  his  literary  executor.  Volumes  10  and 
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120.  HISTORY  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  "THE 
DIAL."  By  George  W.  Cooke  (in  Journal  of  Speculative 
Philosophy  for  July,   1885).      8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut. 

New  York:  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  1885 

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122.  NATURAL  HISTORY  OF  INTELLECT,  and 
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Cambridge:    Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1S93 

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With  an  Introduction  by  Edward  Everett  Hale.  i2mo, 
cloth,  uncut. 

Boston  and  New  York:   Lamson,  Wolffe  &  Co.,  1896 


MorU0  of  matbanicl  Ibawtbornc. 

Autographed  Books    from    the    Library  of  Nathaniel 
Hawthorne. 

124.  THE  AMERICAN  BOOK-KEEPER;  compris- 
ing a  complete  System  of  Book-Keeping,  in  the  True  Italian 
Form,  or  by  Double  Entry,  both  by  Theory  and  Practice,  etc. 

By  B.  Sheys.      8vo,  original  sheep. 

New  York:  Collins  and  Co.,  1818 
*  Of  extraordinary  interest,  being  Nathaniel  Haw- 
thorne's COPY,  WITH  HIS  FULL  AUTOGRAPH  WRITTEN  IN  lO  DIF- 
FERENT PLACES,  in  varied  forms.  The  autographs  are  as  follows: 
"  Nath.  Hathorne,"  "  Nathl.  Hathorne,  Oct.  25th,  iSig'"  (in 
pencil),  "Nathl.  Hathorne's  Book,  Salem,  Oct.  25th,  1819  "(a 
fine,  bold  signattire,  with  pen  ornamentation  beneatJi),  "Nath.  Haw- 
thorne, 1827,"  "Nath.  Hawthorne,  Feb.  28th,  1827,  "Nathaniel," 
"Nath.  Hawthorne,"  "Nathl.  Hathorne,  Salem,  Nov.  1819 "  {a 
fine,  bold  signature,  with  pen  ornamentation  beneath),  "  Nath. 
Hawthorne,"  "Nathaniel  Hathorne,  Salem,  1820"  (with  pen 
ornamentation  beneath),  "  Nath.  Hawthorne  "  {in  pencil),  and 
"  Hawthorne."  In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  he  has  scratched  in 
his  initials  "  N.  H.,"  possibly  with  the  point  of  a  nail.  Also,  on 
title,  "  N.  Hathorne,"  an  impression  from  his  woodcut  die-stamp 
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(i|4'x  ^  in.;.     Also  with  "  Sheys'    Book-Keeping   to  Gushing  and 

Appleton  Dr $1.50,"  Sheys'  Book-Keeping  Dr.  to 

cash $1.50,"  in  his  autograph,  and   several  names, 

probably  those  of  members  of  his  class. 

In  1819  Hawthorne  was  sent  from  Raymond,  Me.  (where  his  mother 
and  sister  were  living),  to  continue  his  studies  in  Salem  with  his  uncle, 
Robert  Manning,  who  defrayed  the  expenses  of  his  education.  He 
was  then  15  years  of  age.  Apart  from  the  extraordinary  number  of 
signatures  that  the  above  contains,  it  is  possibly  the  most  inter- 
esting MEMENTO  OF  THE  AUTHOR  OF  "  ThE  ScARLET  LeTTER  " 
that  has  ever  been  offered  at  auction,  THE  FINEST  AND  BOLD- 
EST SIGNATURES  IN  THE  VOLUME  HAVING  BEEN  AVRITTEN  WHEN  HE 
WAS  ONLY  15  YEARS  OF  AGE.  WhEN  IT  IS  TAKEN  INTO  ACCOUNT 
THAT  THE  EARLIEST  FRAGMENT  OF  HIS  WRITING  NOW  EXTANT  IS  A 
LETTER  WRITTEN  FROM  SALEM,  DeC.  Q,   1813,   IT  IS  APPARENT  WHAT 

ESPECIAL  INTEREST  THIS  VOLUME  POSSESSES.  Hawthorne  altered 
the  form  of  spelling  his  name  from  Hathorne  to  "  Hawthorne,"  but 
it  is  not  definitely  known  at  what  date  he  did  so.  His  sisters  also 
adopted  the  alteration.  Early  in  1820  Hawthorne  was  employed 
part  of  the  day  by  his  uncle,  William  Manning,  as  bookkeeper,  who 
was  the  proprietor  of  a  line  of  stages  that  connected  with  all  parts  of 
New  England.  It  is  apparent  that  this  kind  of  work  was  distasteful 
to  him,  and  that  he  intended  literature  as  his  vocation,  for  in  a  letter 
about  this  time  to  his  sister  Elizabeth  he  says  in  part  ..."  No  man 
can  be  a  poet  and  a  bookkeeper  at  the  same  time."  This  is  undoubt- 
edly the  BOOK  HE  used  FOR  HIS  STUDIES  TO  QUALIFY  HIMSELF  FOR 
THE  POSITION    OF  BOOKKEEPER  TO    HIS    UNCLE. 

[See  Reproduction.] 

125.    COLLECTANEA     GRAECA    MINORA:     ad 

usum  Tironum  accommodata ;  cum  Notis  Philologicis  quas 
partim  collegit,  partim  scripsit  Andreas  Dalzel.  Editio 
Quarta  Americana.  Frontispiece  (which  is  slightly  imperfect). 
8vo,   original  sheep. 

Cantabrigiae,  Nov.-Ang.,  Hilliard  et  Metcalf,  1819 
*  Nathaniel    Hawthorne's   copy,    and  of  special  associa- 
tion  INTEREST,     BEING    ONE    OF    THE    BOOKS    HE    USED     WHILE   AT 
COLLEGE,     WITH      HIS     AUTOGRAPH     IN     THREE     PLACES:      "  NaTH. 

Hawthorne,  Salem,  1S27,"  "  Nathl.  Hathorne,  Salem,  Feby. 
I,  1821,"  and  "  Nath.  Hathorne,  Salem,  March  13TH, 
1826";  also  his  STAMP,  "  N.  Hathorne"  (a  woodcut  die  stamp, 
i|4f  X  ^  in.,  with  his  favorite  red  ink),  in  two  places,  and  the 
words  "  Mon  Droit"  also  in  his  autograph. 

One  of  the  autographs — "  Nathl.  Hathorne,  Salem,  Feby.  i, 
1821," — is  most  interesting  as  it  was  written  only  a  short  time  be- 
fore he  left  Salem  to  continue  his  studies  at  Bowdoin  College, 
Brunswick,  Me.,  at  that  time  a  small  college  graduating  only  about 
30  students.  It  was  while  on  his  journey  on  the  east-bound  Boston 
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mail  stage  (and  in  all  probability  with  this  volume  in  his  trunk)  that 
he  made  the  acquaintance  of  Franklin  Pierce  (afterwards  President 
of  the  United  States),  Jonathan  Cilley  (later  a  Congressman,  and 
famous  in  the  political  duel  with  Graves),  and  Alfred  Mason,  who 
was  Hawthorne's  roommate  for  two  years.  Laid  in  are  four  small 
strips  of  parchment,  which  possibly  are  the  identical  strips  that 
Hawthorne  used  as  bookmarks. 

126.  REMARKS  DURING  A  JOURNEY 
THROUGH  NORTH  AMERICA  in  the  years  1819, 
1820  and  182  [,  in  a  series  of  Letters,  with  an  Appendix 
containing  an  Account  of  several  of  the  Indian  Tribes, 
etc.,    by  Adam  Hodgson,      8vo,  original  boards,  uncut. 

New  York,  1823. 

*  Nathaniel  Hawthorne's  copy,  with  his  autograph, 
"  Nath.  Hawthorne,"  on  the  title.  A  book  of  the  highest 
association  interest,  having  been  in  the  library  of  Richard 
Manning,  the  uncle  of  Hawthorne,  and  with  his  bock- 
plate.     (See  note  to  No.  128.) 

127.  MEMOIR  of  the  Lifeof  Josiah  Quincy,  Jun.,  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, by  his  son  Josiah  Quincy.  8vo,  original  boards,, 
uncut  (back  worn).      Boston  :  Cummings,  Hilliard  &  Co.,  1825 

*  Nathaniel  Hawthorne's  copy,  with  his  autograph: 
"Nath.  Hawthorne,  from  Miss  E.  S.  Quincy." 

128.  PRACTICAL  CONVEYANCING,  a  selection 
of  Forms  of  general  Utility,  with  Notes  Interspersed.  By 
Benjamin  Lynde    Oliver,  Jun.      8vo,  original   boards,  uncut. 

Boston:   Cummings  &  Hilliard,  1816 

*  Nathaniel  PIawthorne's  copy,  with  his  autograph, 
"Nath.  Hawthorne,  Salem,  1832,"  on  fly-leaf,  having,  in 
addition  to  the  autograph  of  Hawthorne,  the  autograph 
of  Richard  Manning,  the  uncle  of  Nathaniel,  and  with  his 
book-label,  "  Richard  Manning,  Raymond,  Me."  It  was  in 
1818  that  Mrs.  Hawthorne  moved  with  her  small  family  from  Salem 
to  Raymond,  where  her  brother  Robert  had  built  her  a  house  near 
his  own  (which  was  locally  known  as  "  Raymond's  P""olly,"  on  ac- 
count of  its  seeming  grandeur  among  the  humble  dwellings  of  the 
other  inhabitants),  and  which  was  also  near  the  dwelling  of  his 
brother  Richard.  It  v,-as  in  this  neighborhood  that  Hawthorne 
spent  the  happiest  portion  of  his  boyhood.  Near  here  was  the 
famous  flat  rock  at  the  outlet  of  the  Thomas  Pond  (now  called 
Thompson's  Pond),  where  many  happy  hours  were  spent  fishing  for 
perch,  and  where  it  is  said  he  read  aloud  to  his  companions  his  early 
poems,  which  in  all  probability  included  the  two  founded  on  local 
tragedies,  the  "Freezing  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tarbox "  and  the 
"  Drowning  of  Mrs.  Knight  and  Her  Babe." 

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"  Wilt  thou  go  ort  with  me  1" — SoDTHEy. 


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MARSH  k  CAPEN,  362  WASHINGTON  STREET. 


PRESS  OF  PUTNAM  AND  HUNT. 

1828. 


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129.  THE  ANNUAL  REGISTER  for  the  Year  1770. 
Svo,  old  calf  (lacks  title  and  some  pages  of  preface). 

[London,  1770] 

*  Nathaniel  Hawthorne's  copy,  with  his  autograph  in  two 
PLACES,  "  Nath.  Hawthorne"  and  "  Nath.  Hawthorne, 
1832  "  (written  while  he  was  in  Salem),  containing,  in  addition  to 
the  two  autographs  of  Hawthorne,  the  autograph  and 
book-label  of  his  uncle,  Richard  Manning,  of  Raymond,  Me. 
(see  note  to   "Practical  Conveyancing,"  No.  12S). 

130.  THE  TOWN  OFFICER,  or  the  Power  and  Duty 
of  Selectmen,  Town  Clerks,  Constables,  etc.  :  as  contained 
in  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  etc.  By  Samuel 
Freeman.     i2mo,  original  sheep. 

Boston:  J.  T.  Buckingham,  1815 

*  Nathaniel  Hawthorne's  copy,  with  his  autograph  in 
three  places:  "Nathaniel  Hathorne's,"  "Nathaniel 
Hathorne,"  and  "Nath.  Hathorne."  Also  with  the  auto- 
graph OF  Richard  Manning  (Hawthorne's  uncle).  (See  note 
to  "  Practical  Conveyancing,"   No.  128.) 

131.  THE  AMERICAN  CITIZEN'S  SURE 
GUIDE  :  being  a  collection  of  the  most  important  State 
Papers,  such  as  The  Declaration  of  Independence,  The  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States,  etc.  i2mo,  original  sheep. 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.  [Chas.  Pierce],  and  Kennebunk,  Me.  [S. 
Sewall],    1804. 

*  Nathaniel  Hawthorne's  copy,  with  his  autograph, 
"  Nath.  Hawthorne,"  on  the  title.  From  the  library 
of  Richard  Manning,  Raymond,  Me.  (uncle  of  Nathaniel), 
AND  with  his  bookplate.  (See  note  to  "Practical  Conveyancing," 
No.  12S.) 

132.  FANSHAWE.  1  A  Tale  |  "Wilt  thou  go  on  with 
me?" — Southe}'.  |  Boston:  |  Marsh  &  Capen,  362  Washington 
Street.  |  Press  of  Putnam  and  Hunt.  |  1828.  i2mo,  original 
HALF  CLOTH  AND  BOARDS,  UNCUT  (a  fcw  pagcs  Spotted  as 
usual).  Enclosed  in  a  richly  tooled  crushed  blue  levant 
morocco  solander  case,  by  Bradstreets. 

*  Extremely  rare.  Hawthorne's  first  book,  written  while  a  stu- 
dent at  Bowdoin  College,  published  anonymously  at  his  own  expense 
and  never  acknowledged  by  him.  But  few  copies  were  sold,  and 
subsequently  Hawthorne  destroyed  those  unsold  and  all  other  copies 
that  he  could  recover. 

[See  Reproduction.] 
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133.  THE  TOKEN  for  the  Years  1828,  and  1830  to 
1838.  With  plates  by  Durand,  Cheney  and  others.  10  vols. 
i2mo,  original  boards  and  stamped  roan  (the  volume  for 
1828  in  a  case).  (The  volumes  for  1830  and  1831  lack  one 
plate  each.)  Boston,  1828-38 

*  All  of  these  volumes  contain  contributions  by  Hawthorne,  some 
of  which  have  never  been  collected.  Others,  as  indicated,  have  been 
attributed  to  Hawthorne  by  Sanborn,  Conway,  Lathrop  and  others. 
Holmes,  Longfellow,  etc.,  were  also  contributors. 

134.  THE  AMERICAN  MAGAZINE  of  Useful  and 
Entertaining  Knowledge.  Vols.  1-2  complete.  Illustrated. 
In  the  original  wrappers,  uncut  (one  part  lacks  front 
wrapper).  Boston:   Bewick  Company,  1834-36 

*  Very  rare  in  the  original  numbers,  as  issued.  March- 
August,  1836,  were  edited  anonymously  by  Hawthorne  and  his  sister, 
who  wrote  or  revised  practically  the  entire  contents.  Some  of  the 
contributions  have  not  been  collected.  The  names  of  the  contribu- 
tions are  as  follows:  "An  Ontario  Steam-Boat,"  "The  Duston 
Family,"  "  Nature  of  Sleep,"  "  Bells,"  "  Preservation  of  the  Dead," 
"The  Boston  Tea  Party,"  "April  Fools,"  "Alexander  Hamilton," 
and  "  Tower  of  Babel." 

135-  THE  CARRIER  BOY'S  NEW  YEAR  AD- 
DRESS to  the  Patrons  of  the  Essex  Register,  Salem,  Janu- 
ary I,  1834.  Broadside  Poem,  14  stanzas  of  8  lines  each, 
printed  within  ornamental  borders.      Large  folio. 

*  Very  rare.  [Salem,  1834] 

136.  THE  CARRIER'S  NEW  YEAR  ADDRESS 

to  the  Patrons  of  the  Salem  Mercury,  Jan.  i,  1835.  Broad- 
side Poem,  15  stanzas  of  8  lines  each,  printed  within  orna- 
mental borders.      4to.  [Salem,  1835] 

*  Fine  copy.  Extremely  rare. 

137.  THE  CARRIER'S  NEW  YEAR  ADDRESS 
to  the  Patrons  of  the  Salem  Gazette,  Jan.  i,  1835.  Broad- 
side Poem  of  1 20  lines,  printed  within  ornamental  borders.  4to. 

*  Fine  copy.     Extremely  rare.  [Salem,  1835] 

138.  TWICE-TOLD  TALES.  i2mo,  original  cloth 
(somewhat  foxed).      With  all  the  advertisements. 

Boston:  American  Stationer's  Company,   1837 

*  Rare.      Hawthorne's  first  acknowledged  book. 

139.   Another    copy.       Half   crimson    crushed   levant 

morocco,  gilt  top  (edges  scraped).  With  all  the  advertise- 
ments. Boston:  American  Stationer's  Company,  1837 

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140.  PETER  PARLEY'S  |  UNIVERSAL  HIS- 
TORY, I  on  the  Basis  of  |  Geography,  |  [F/gne^ie.]  \  For 
the  Use  of  Families.  |  Illustrated  by  maps  and  engravings.  \ 
Vol.  I.  I  Boston:  |  American  Stationer's  Company.  |  John  B. 
Russell,  I  1837.  I  2  vols.  i2mo,  cloth. 

*  An  exceptionally  fine,  clean  copy  in  the  original  cloth, 
AS  ISSUED.  Very  rare  in  this  state.  The  work  was  written  and 
compiled  by  Hawthorne  and  his  sister  Elizabeth,  to  whom  he  gave 
the  one  hundred  dollars  said  to  have  been  the  amount  received  for  the 
work.      [See  Bridge's  Life  of  Hawthorne,  p.  77.] 

141.   The    same.      2    vols,  in    i  (frontispiece  missing, 

one  signature  loose,  one  page  with  damaged  margin  inserted 
and  numeral  erased  from  title  of  Vol.  II). 

142.    The  same.   Vol.  I.  only.    Original  cloth.    Boston, 

1837.      With  two  imperfect  odd  volumes  of  a  later  issue  (sold 
with  all  faults). 

143.  UNIVERSAL  HISTORY  ON  THE  BASIS  OF 
GEOGRAPHY.  By  Peter  Parley.  For  the  Use  of  Fam- 
ilies. Engraved  frontispiece  and  title  and  maps.  Square  i6mo, 
original  cloth  (cover  a  little  loose).  London:  Printed  (at 
the  Chiswick  Press)  for  Thos.  Tegg  &  Son,  1838. 

*  The  First  English  Edition. 

144.  TIME'S  PORTRAITURE.  Being  the  Carrier's 
Address  to  the  Patrons  of  the  Salem  Gazette,  for  the  First 
of  January,  1838.  [Salem,  1838] 

*  Excessively  rare.  Only  3  copies  known.  Broadside,  22 
X  16  inches,  surrounded  by  an  ornamental  border,  and  with 
A  VIGNETTE  (Eagle  with  wings  spread)  as  head-piece. 

"The  first  clue  to  the  authorship  of  this  Address  is  given  in  a 
foot-note  under  the  word  '  Hathornes,'  which  reads:  '  Not  Haw- 
thorne— as  one  of  the  present  representatives  of  the  family  has  seen 
fit  to  transmogrify  a  good  old  name.  However,  Time  seldom  has 
occasion  to  mention  the  gentleman's  name,  so  that  it  is  no  great 
matter  how  he  spells  or  pronounces  it.'  "  This  tale  was  never  col- 
lected and  printed  by  Hawthorne,  but  it  was  reprinted  as  '  The 
Carrier's  Address  '  for  the  first  of  January,  1853,  with  a  bracketed 
note  to  the  above  lines  intimating  authorship  (see  No.  185). 

In  '  The  Carrier's  Address  '  for  1881  we  find  a  further  reference  to 
the  author  of  the  broadside:  '  They  unfolded  one  entitled  "  A  Por- 
traiture of  Father  Time."  One  of  the  boys,  as  it  was  read  aloud, 
said  he  had  heard  his  grandfather  say  that  Nathaniel  Hawthorne  had 
assisted  a  past  generation  of  carriers  in  writing  that  ..."  " — Grolier 
Club  Bibliography  of  Hawthorne,  by  J.  C.  Chamberlain. 

The  only  copy  ever  offered  at  public  auction. 
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AUTOGRAPH    LETTER    FROM    HAWTHORNE    INSERTED. 

145.  THE  GENTLE  BOY.  A  Twice-Told  Tale.  IVi'k 
an  original  illustration.  Ol:)l(>ng  4to,  original  printed  wrappers 
(upper  portion  of  front  wrapper  cut  away,  but  neatly  repaired, 
also  back  repaired).  Boston:  Weeks,  Jordan  &  Co.,  1839 

*  Very  rare.  Laid  in  is  a  letter  from  Hawthorne  to 
Charles  Lanman  (author  of  "  Essays  for  Summer  Hours,"  his  first 
book,  and  of  which  Hawthorne  makes  mention).  The  letter  reads 
as  follows: 

Boston,   March  2d,  1842. 

J\/y  Dear  Sir: — /  have  read  yotir  ^'  Szintmer  Hours"  with  great 
pleasure.  The  pieces  entitled  "  The  Poefs  Pilgrimage"  and  "An 
Evening-  in  the  City,"  struck  me  particularly,  but  I  find  that  I 
like  each  article  as  I  read  it.  It  gratified  me  to  knotv  that  I  am 
indebted  for  this  beautiful  little  book  to  the  interest  which  you  so 
kindly  express  in  my  ozvn  ivritings.  Please  accept  my  best  thanks^ 
attd  believe  me.  Very  truly  yours, 

N^ath.  Hawthorne. 
Charles  Lanman,  Esq.,  N'orwich. 

146.  THE    AMERICAN   FAMILY  MAGAZINE  of 

Useful  and   Entertaining  Knowledge.      Vol.  6,  No.  9.      View. 
Imp.  8vo,  original  printed  wrappers,  totally  uncut. 

Boston:  Otis,  Broaders  and  Co.,  1839 

*  Contains  "  The  Sister  Years  "  from  the  Carrier's  Address  of  the 
Salem  Gazette. 

147.  THE  PICTURESQUE  POCKET  COMPAN- 
ION, and  Visitor's  Guide  through  Mount  Auburn.  Illus- 
trated with  upwards  of  60  engravings  on  wood.  i6mo,  original 
half  roan  and  boards.      Boston:  Otis,  Broaders  and  Co.,  1839 

*  Contains  the  original  appearance,  in  book  form,  of  "  The  Lily's 
Quest,"  by  Hawthorne,  the  first  publication  of  which  was  in  the 
Southern  Rose,  a  Charleston  magazine,  Jan.  19th,  1839.  Contains, 
also,  "  The  Old  Man's  Funeral,"  by  Bryant. 

148.  PETER  PARLEY'S  UNIVERSAL  HISTORY 
ON  THE  BASIS  OF  GEOGRAPHY.     For  the   Use  of 

Families.      Illustrated  by  tnaps  and  engravings.      2  vols,  square 
i2mo,  original  cloth.  New  York:  S.  Colman,  1839 

*  The  First  New  York  Edition.     Scarce. 

149.  THE  SISTER  YEARS;  being  the  Carrier's  Ad- 
dress of  the  Salem  Gazette,  for  the  P^irst  of  January,  1839. 
("  By  the  author  of  Twice-Told  Tales,"  in  a  contemporary 
hand  on    title.)      8vo,  as   issued  (duplicate  stamp  of  Harvard 

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College  Library  on  title),  and   a  small  part  of  the  margin  of 
p.  7  missing,  not  injuring  the  text).  Salem,  1839 

*  Extremely  rare,  only  6  copies  being  known.  Enclosed 
in  a  crushed  blue  levant  morocco  case,  richly  tooled,  by  Bradstreets. 
An  addressed  envelope  to  William  D.  Ticknor,  of  Boston,  in  the 
autograph  of  Hawthorne,  and  bearing  his  initials  laid  in. 

150.  GRANDFATHER'S  CHAIR:  a  History  for  Youth. 
i8mo,  original  cloth,  with  the  paper  label  on  side  (slightly 
imperfect,  lacks  an  end  paper).     Boston :  E.  P,  Peabody,  1841 

*  Rare.  Enclosed  in  full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco  solander 
case,  richly  tooled,  by  Bradstreets. 

151.  FAMOUS  OLD  PEOPLE:  being  the  Second 
Epoch  of  "  Grandfather's  Chair."  iSmo,  original  cloth,  with 
the  paper  label  on  side  (the  label  has  no  lettering  now  appar- 
ent), Boston:  E.  P.  Peabody,  1841 

*  Rare.  Enclosed  in  full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco  solander 
case,  richly  tooled,  by  Bradstreets. 

152.  LIBERTY  TREE;  with  the  Last  Words  of  Grand- 
father's Chair.  i8mo,  original  cloth,  with  the  paper  label  on 
side.  Boston:  E.  P.  Peabody,  1841 

*  Fine  copy.  Rare.  Enclosed  in  a  full  blue  crushed  levant 
morocco  solander  case,  richly  tooled,  by  Bradstreets. 

153.  THE  BOSTON  BOOK:  being  Specimens  of  Metro- 
politan Literature  (with  Sketches  and  Poems  by  Hawthorne, 
Longfellow,  Holmes,  etc.).  Vignette  title.  i2mo,  original 
cloth  (slightly  spotted).  Boston:  Geo.  W.  Light,  1841 

*  Contains  "  Howe's  Masquerade,"  by  Hawthorne,  originally  pub- 
lished in  the  "  United  States  Magazine  and  Democratic  Review." 

154.  THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL  SOCIETY'S  GIFT. 

i8mo,  published  as  a  Tract,  without  covers,  pp.  16,  enclosed 
in  a  blue  half  morocco  case.  [Boston:  No  printer,  1842] 

*  Extremely  rare.  "  An  authorized  issue  of  the  biography  of 
Samuel  Johnson,  after  several  changes,  corrections  and  omissions  of 
text;  this  sketch  having  formed  one  of  the  'Biographical  Stories.' 
In  the  introductory  note,  dated  Boston,  1842,  addressed  to  '  Dear 
Young  Friends  '  and   signed  '  The  Sunday  School  Society,'  is  found: 

'  This  story  was  wriitett  by  Nathaniel  Haivthorne,  and  he  has 
given  us  the  liberty  of  printing  it  for  you.  He  has  written  some  very 
interesting  books  both  for  young  attd  old.  Many  have  read  his 
'Twice-Told  Tales'  and  the  smaller  volumes,  such  as  '  Grandfather's 
Chair,'  'Liberty  Tree'  and  'Biographical  Stories  '  have  been  read 
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7Liith   delight  by   ihotisaftds.' " — Grolier  Club  Bibliography  of   Haw- 
thorne, by  J.  C.  Chamberlain. 

Only  three  copies  known,  the  other  two  copies  being 
IN  THE  Boston  Public  Library  and  in  the  Library  at  Har- 
vard College.     This  is  the  first  copy  offered  at  auction. 

155.  GRANDFATHER'S  CHAIR:  a  History  for  Youth. 
Second  edition,  revised  and  enlarged.  Frontispiece  {crudely 
colored')  u?id  plate  at  p.  2p.  i8mo,  original  cloth,  with  5  pp.  of 
advertisements.  Boston:  Tappan  and  Dennet,  1842 

*  The  cut  of  Grandfather's  Chair  appears  here  for  the  first  time,  not 
having  been  published  with  the  first  edition.  The  additions  are 
found  on  pp.  21,  36,  59,  71,  and  the  omission  of  a  single  line  on  p.  72. 

156.  FAMOUS  OLD  PEOPLE,  being  the  Second 
Epoch  of  "Grandfather's  Chair."  Second  edition.  Frontis- 
piece {colored)  and  plate.      iSmo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Tappan  and  Dennet,  1842 

"*  With  minor  changes  from  the  first  edition. 

157.  LIBERTY  TREE,  with  the  Last  Words  of  "  Grand- 
father's Chair."  Frontispiece  and  woodcut.  Nevir  Edition. 
i8mo,  original  cloth  gilt  (some  pages  spotted). 

Boston:  Tappan  and  Dennet,  1842 

*  The  first  issue  of  this  edition  having  the  chair  in  gold  on  front 
cover,  which  was  omitted  in  the  second  issue. 

158.  BIOGRAPHICAL  STORIES  FOR  CHIL- 
DREN.     i8mo,   original   cloth. 

Boston:   Tajjpan  and  Dennet,  1842 

*  Plrst  issue  of  the  first  edition  published  in  stamped  cloth. 

159.  TWICE-TOLD  TALES.  2  vols.  i2itio,  original 
black  cloth,  uncut. 

Boston:  James  Munroe  and  Company,  1842 

*Fine  copy  of  the  first  complete  edition.  Presentation  copy 
"  Editor  of   United  States  Gazette,  with  Publisher's  Respects." 

160.  THE  UNITED  STATES  MAGAZINE  AND 
DEMOCRATIC  REVIEW.  (Vols.  XI.  and  XII.  for  1842- 
43,  containing  original  contributions  by  Hawthorne,  Whittier 
and  others,  including  "  The  Celestial  Railroad.")  Plates. 
In  one  vol.  8vo  (few  pp.  spotted).  New  York,  1842-43 

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i6i.  THE  CELESTIAL  RAILROAD.  241110,  origi- 
nal printed  wrappers,  pp.  32  (some  pencilled  lines  on  mar- 
gins). Boston:  Wilder  &  Co.,  1843 

*  Fine  copy.    Extremely  rare.    In  full  crushed  blue  levant 

MOROCCO    SOLANDER    CASE,    RICHLY    TOOLED,    BY  BrADSTREETS. 

[See  Reproduction.] 

162.  A    VISIT     TO     THE     CELESTIAL     CITY. 

With  4  lithographed  facsimiles  {2  of  7vhich  are  of  interest  as  show- 
ing American  locojnotives).  i6mo,  original  cloth  (some  pages 
spotted). 

Philadelphia:   American   Sunday-School   Union  [1844] 

*An  unauthorized  reprint  from  the  Celestial  Railroad,  which 
omits  the  anecdote  about  Beelzebub's  purchase  of  a  miser's  soul  for 
sixpence.  Very  rare.  With  the  advertisements  at  the  end.  In 
1S53  an  edition  of  the  work  in  German  was  issued  in  Philadelphia. 

163.  JOURNAL  OF  AN  AFRICAN  CRUISER.     By 

An  Officer  of  the  U.  S.  Navy  [Horatio  Bridge].  i2mo, 
ORIGINAL  WRAPPERS,  with  the  advertisements. 

New  York  and  London:  Wiley  and  Putnam,  1845 

*  Fine  copy.  Rare  in  this  unusual  state.  With  portrait  of 
Hawthorne  laid  in.  The  notes  of  the  voyage  were  made  by  Horatio 
Bridge,  and  were  entirely  rewritten  by  Hawthorne.  For  full  partic- 
ulars see  Bridge's  Life  of  Hawthorne,  pp.  87,  etc.  The  copyright 
on  verso  of  title  is  set  in  4  lines;  some  copies  contain  only  3  lines. 

164.  JOURNAL  OF  AN  AFRICAN  CRUISER.     By 

An  Officer  of  the  U.  S.  Navy  [Horatio  Bridge].  i2mo, 
original  green  cloth,  uncut  (poor  copy). 

London:  Wiley  and  Putnam,  1845 

*  The  sheets  are  from  the  American  edition. 

165.  PAPERS  OF  AN  OLD  DARTMOUTH  PRIS- 
ONER. The  original  appearance  in  serial  form,  extracted 
and  bound.      8vo,  cloth.  [New  York,  1846] 

166.  MOSSES  FROM  AN  OLD  MANSE.  2  vols, 
in   I.      i2mo,  original  cloth,  top  edges  uncut. 

New  York:  Wiley  and  Putnam,  1846 

*  The  first  issue,  with  the  names  of  both  printer  and  stereotyper 
on  verso  of  title,  underneath  copyright  notice.  The  printer  of  this 
issue  was  named  Craighead,  of  later  issues  Osborn.  It  was  also 
issued  in  paper  covers.      "  The  Old  Manse"  is  here  first  published. 

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167.  MOSSES  FROM  AN  OLD  MANSE.  2  vols. 
I  2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut.    London  :  Wiley  and  Putnam,  1846 

*  Martin  F.  Tupper's  copy,  with  his  autograph  in  each  volume  (in 
pencil).     The  sheets  of  the  first  American  edition,  with  a  new  English 

title. 

168.  THE  CARRIER'S  ADDRESS  TO  THE 
PATRONS  OF  THE  SALEM  GAZETTE.  Jan.  i, 
1847.     8vo,  pp.  8  (back  strengthened  with  paper). 

[Salem]:   Printed  by  the  Apprentices  [1847] 

*  Offered  as  a  Hawthorne  item,  but  without  absolute 
PROOF  OF  ITS  AUTHENTICITY.  It  IS  issued  in  pamphlet  form  in  the 
same  shape  as  other  Carrier's  Addresses  which  were  undoubtedly  the 
work  of  Hawthorne,  and  it  is  certain  that  the  style  bears  a  marked 
resemblance  to  that  of  Hawthorne  in  such  of  his  writings  as  "  Sun- 
day at  Home,"  "  Night  Sketches,"  etc. 

Hawthorne's  Carrier's  Address  for  the  same  paper,  Jan.  i,  1853, 
although  unknown  to  Foley  when  he  issued  his  "  American  Authors" 
in  i8g5,  has  since  been  absolutely  identified  by  Hawthorne's  refer- 
ence to  himself  in  the  text  and  accompanying  note.  Should  the 
present  item  be  so  identified  it  will  but  add  another  to  the  small 
number  of  excessively  rare  Hawthorne  items  so  much  sought  after 
by  collectors. 

It  is  a  subject  of  regret  that  Mr.  Chamberlain  left  but  little 
data  in  regard  to  this,  though  inserted  in  the  pamphlet  is  a  letter 
from  George  E.  Woodberry,  referring  to  it,  in  which  he  shares  Mr. 
Chamberlain's  conviction  as  to  its  authenticity  as  a  Hawthorne  item. 

169.  ESTHETIC  PAPERS.  Edited  by  Elizabeth  P. 
Peabody.  8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut  (name  cut  from 
front  cover).  Boston:  The  Editor,  13  West  Street,   1849 

*  Rare.     Contains   "  Main  Street,"  by  Hawthorne. 

170.  THE  SCARLET  LETTER.  A  Romance.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:   Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1850 

*  First  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  the  word  "  reduplicate  "  on 
p.  21,  afterwards  changed  to  "repudiate."  An  interesting  fact 
about  "  The  Scarlet  Letter  "  is  that  the  original  MS.  (with  the  e.xcep- 
tion  of  the  title)  was  destroyed  by  Hawthorne.  In  a  letter  from 
Mrs.  Annie  Fields  to  Robert  S.  Rantoul,  June  13th,  1904,  she  says 
in  part:  "...  Hawthorne  himself  told  me  that  he  put  the  manuscript 
of  '  The  Scarlet  Letter  '  up  the  chimney,  never  thinking  that  it  would 
be  of  atiy  value." 

171.  THE  SCARLET  LETTER.  A  Romance.  lamo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1850 

*  .Second  edition,  entirely  reset  and  containing  corrections  at  p.  46, 
"  convulsive  "  for  "  convulsives,"  and  at  p.  4S  "  or  the  shade  "  for 
"or  in  the  shade,"  etc. 

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CELESTIAL   RAIL -ROAD. 


BY   NATHANIEL   HAWTHORNE. 


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BOSTON. 

PUBLISHED    BT     WILDER    Ic    CO- 
No.  46  Washinjton  Street 

1843. 


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Morhs  ot  IRatbanicl  IfDawtborne 

172.  THE  HOUSE  OF  THE  SEVEN  GABLES. 

A  Romance,      12010,  original  cloth,  with  4  pp.  of  advertise- 
ments. Boston:   Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  185 1 

*  Presentation  copy  from  the  publishers  to  Gov.  Rice  of  Mass. 
An  interesting  typewritten  copy  of  a  letter  of  Hawthorne,  dated 
Aug.  15,  1851,  referring  to  the  work,  laid  in. 

173-  TRUE  STORIES  FROM  HISTORY  AND 
BIOGRAPHY.  Illustrations.  i2mo,  original  red  cloth 
gilt,  gilt  edges.      Bright  copy. 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1851 

*  First  issue  of  the  first  edition.  With  no  comma  after  "  way  " 
on  p.  iii,  line  15  of  preface,  and  other  points.  See  Chamberlain's 
Bibliography  of  Hawthorne. 

174.  TRUE  STORIES  FROM  HISTORY  AND 

BIOGRAPHY.      Illustrations.       [2mo,    original    red    cloth 
gilt,  gilt  edges.  Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1851 

*  Second  issue  of  the  first  edition. 

175-  TRUE  STORIES  FROM  HISTORY  AND 

BIOGRAPHY.      Illustrations.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1851 

*  A  late  edition,  entirely  reset,  by  Thurston,  Torrey  and  Emerson. 
With  343  pages. 

176.  THE  MEMORIAL.  Written  by  the  Friends  of 
the  late  Mrs.  Osgood  and  edited  by  Mary  E.  Hewitt.  Full- 
page  engravings  by  Cheney  and  others.      8vo,  original  designed 

full  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges.     New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  1851 

*  Contains  "  The  Snow-Image,"  by  Hawthorne.  The  above 
work  was  reissued  some  years  later  under  the  title  of  "  Laurel 
Leaves." 

177.  THE  HOUSE  OF  THE  SEVEN  GABLES. 

i2mo,  original  cloth.    Boston  :  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1S51 

178.  LIBERTY  TREE,  with  the  Last  Words  of  "Grand- 
father's Chair."  iSmo,  original  cloth,  the  paper  label  on 
FRONT  COVER   INTACT.  Boston :   Gcorge  W.   Briggs,  1851 

*  The  original  edition  (of  1841),  with  a  title  of  1851  inserted  in 
place  of  the  original  title. 

179-  TWICE-TOLD  TALES.  A  New  Edition.  Por- 
trait of  the  author.      2  vols.   i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  185 1 

*  With  preface  now  first  published  and  with  the  first  engraved 
portrait  of  Hawthorne  (by  Phillibrow). 

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i8o.  THE  BLITHEDALE  ROMANCE.  i2mo,  orig- 
inal cloth.      With  advertisements,  4  pp. 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1852 

181.  THE  LIFE  OF  FRANKLIN  PIERCE.  Por- 
trait i2mo,  original  cloth.  With  4  pp.  of  advertisements. 
Bright  copy.  Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1852 

*  In  later  editions  of  this  work  the  chapter  "  The  Mexican  War — 
His  Journal  of  the  March  from  Vera  Cruz"  is  omitted. 

182.   The    same.      In    the    original    printed  vi^rappers 

(which  advertise  other  works  of  Hawthorne),  pp.  144,     Rare 

IN    WRAPPERS. 

183.  A     WONDER -BOOK     FOR     GIRLS     AND 

BOYS.      Illustrations.      1 2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  1852 

184.  PETER      PARLEY'S      UNIVERSAL      HIS- 
TORY    on    the     Basis    of    Geography.      Seventh    Edition 
Illustrations  and  maps.      2    vols,   in    i.      Thick  i2mo,  original 
cloth,  gilt.      New  York:  William  Robinson,  n.  d.  \circa  1853] 

185.  TIME'S  PORTRAITURE.  Being  the  Carrier's 
Address  to  the  Patrons  of  the  Salem  Gazette  and  Essex 
County  Mercury.  For  the  First  of  January,  1853.  Large  8vo 
(10^  X  6  inches),  8  pp.  [1853] 

*  Extremely  rare.  "  This  address  first  appeared  anonymously 
as  a  broadside  in  183S,  but  in  the  period  of  Hawthorne's  great  fame, 
soon  after  the  publication  of  '  The  Scarlet  Letter,'  '  House  of  the 
Seven  Gables,'  '  Wonder-Book,'  '  Snow-Image,'  '  Blithedale  Ro- 
mance,' and  '  Life  of  Franklin  Pierce,'  it  was  reissued  in  this 
form,  with  a  bracketed  note  on  page  4,  signed  '  Printer's  Devil,' 
which  practically  disclosed  the  authorship,  and  reads,  '  An  author 
has  a  right  to  say  what  he  will  about  himself,  but  we  guess  he'll  find 
that  Time  will  have  a  good  deal  to  say  about  him — and  more  fifty 
years  hence  than  now.' 

In  '  The  Christmas  Locket,'  Boston,  1870,  an  unsigned  article 
appeared  on  '  Father  Time,'  written  by  J.  E.  Babson,  disclosing 
the  authorship  of  this  Address,  but  '  Time's  Portraiture,'  which  is 
herewith  presented  to  the  readers  of  '  The  Christmas  Locket,'  was 
not  reprinted  by  its  author,  and  is  not  found  in  any  edition  of  his 
writings.  It  was  afterwards  collected  in  a  posthumous  volume  of 
the  author's  works,  entitled  '  Dqlliver's  Romance,'  and  other  Pieces, 
Boston,  1876." — Grolier  Club  Bibliography  of  Hawthorne,  by  J.  C. 
Chamberlain. 

No  COPY  IN  THE  Arnold,  Foote  or  Pyser  collections  of  First 
Editions  of  the  Works  of  American  Authors.     (About   a   quarter  of 
an  inch  cut  away  from  the  bottom  margin  of  the  last  page,  text  not 
injured  in  any  way,  and  joint  repaired  very  skilfully.) 
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t86.  the  snow -image  and  other  Twice-Told 
Tales.      i2mo,  original  cloth  (covers  somewhat  soiled). 

Boston:   Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1852 

187.  TANGLEWOOD  TALES  FOR  GIRLS  AND 

BOYS  ;  being  a  Second  Wonder-Book,  Illustrations.  i2mo, 
original  cloth,  with  the  8  pp.  of  advertisements  dated 
August,  1853.  Boston;  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1853 

*  The  first  issue,  "Stereotyped  at  the  Boston  vStereotype  Foun- 
dry," and  with  the  omission  of  price  in  the  list  of  Hawthorne's 
works,  later  issues  having  the  price,  S8  cents. 

188.  MOSSES    FROM    AN    OLD    MANSE,     New 

Edition,  carefully  revised  by  the  Author  (with  Sketches  now 
first  collected),  2  vols.  lamo,  original  cloth,  with  8  pp,  of 
advertisements.      Bright  copy. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1854 

*  Contains  three  new  sketches  that  were  not  published  in  the 
edition  of  1846. 

189.  THE  PHILOSOPHY  of  the  Plays  of  Shakespeare 
Unfolded.  By  Delia  Bacon.  Preface  by  Nathaniel  Haw- 
thorne.     Thick  8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut.      Fine  copy. 

London:  Groombridge  and  Sons,  1857 

*  First  English  Edition.  Scarce.  The  famous  book  which  started 
the  theory  that  Sir  Francis  Bacon  wrote  the  plays  of  Shakespeare. 

190.  THE  WEAL-REAF:  a  Record  of  the  Essex  In- 
stitute Fair,  held  at  Salem,  Sept.  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  with  the  two 
Supplementary  numbers,  and  with  the  Weal-Reaf  Extra. 
9  Nos.  8vo,  Salem,  i860 

*  Contains  letter  and  original  contribution  by  Hawthorne.  The 
letter  was  reissued  as  "  Browne's  Folly." 

191.  THE  MARBLE  FAUN;  or,  The  Romance  of 
Monte  Beni,      2  vols,  i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  i860 

*  First  issue  set  up  from  the  proof  sheets  of  the  English  edition. 
The  original  MS.  was  given  to  Mr.  Henry  Bright,  and  published 
in  London  under  the  title  of  "  Transformation;  or.  The  Romance 
of  Monte  Beni." 

192.  THE  MARBLE  FAUN;  or.  The  Romance  of 
Monte  Beni,      2  vols,  i2mo,  original  cloth, 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  i860 

*  Second  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  the  "Conclusion"  (4  pp.), 
now  first  published, 

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PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM   HAWTHORNE. 

193.  OUR   OLD   HOME.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Ticknor  and  Fields,  1863 

*  Presentation  copy,  with  inscription  "From  the  Author." 
First  issue  containing  the  advertisement  page.  (Later  issues  contain 
22  pages  of  advertisements.) 

194.  OUR  OLD  HOME.  A  Series  of  English  Sketches. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.      Fine  copy. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1865 

195.  OUR  OLD  HOME.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth, 
uncut  (labels  removed  from  covers). 

London:   Smith,  Elder  and  Co.,  1865 

*  First  English  Edition. 

196.  PANSIE  ;  a  Fragment.  The  Last  Literary  Effort 
of  Nathaniel  Hawthorne.  i6mo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  48 
(front  cover  slightly  rubbed). 

London:  John  Camden  Hotten  [1864] 

*  Rare.  "  Pansie  "  is  the  first  chapter  of  "The  Dolliver  Ro- 
mance," published  in  1876.  This  copy  contains  the  advertisements, 
16  pp.  With  introduction  of  16  pp.  written  by  Oliver  Wendell 
Holmes  (not  signed). 

197.  THE  SNOW-IMAGE  ;  a  Childish  Miracle.  Col- 
ored illustrations.  i2mo,  original  red  cloth  (cover  soiled  and 
lacks  one  fly-leaf).  New  York:  J.  G.  Gregory,  1864 

*  Originally  published  in  the  "  Memorial  of  Mrs.  Osgood."  This 
is  the  first  separate  edition  of  this  story. 

198.  TWICE-TOLD  TALES.  Portrait  of  the  author. 
2  vols.   i6mo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:   Ticknor  and  Fields,  1865 

199.  PASSAGES  FROM  THE  AMERICAN  NOTE- 
BOOKS OF  NATHANIEL  HAWTHORNE.  2  vols. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.      Bright  copy. 

Boston:  Ticknor  &   Fields,  1868 

*  Later  editions  (published  the  same  year)  bear  the  imprint  of 
"  Fields,  Osgood  &  Co." 

200.  PASSAGES  FROM  THE  ENGLISH  NOTE- 
BOOKS OF  NATHANIEL  HAWTHORNE.  2  vols. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.         Boston:    Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.,   1870 

*  Later  editions  (published  the  same  year)  bear  the  imprint  of 
"James  1\.  Osgood  &  Co."  The  preface  was  written  by  S.(ophia) 
H.(awthorne). 

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■QXIlorl^s  of  IRatbaiiiel  (bawtborne 

201.  THE  CHRISTMAS  LOCKET;  a  Holiday  Num- 
ber of  Old  and  New  (Lockets).  8vo,  wrappers,  pp.  96,  and 
advertisements,  Boston:   Roberts  Bros.,  1870 

*  Scarce.  Containing  "  Father  Time,"  by  Hawthorne,  first  issued 
as  "Time's  Portraiture"  in  broadside  form  as  the  Salem  Gazette 
Carrier's  Address.      [See  No.  144.] 

202.  PASSAGES  FROM  THE  FRENCH  AND 
ITALIAN  NOTE-BOOKS  OF  NATHANIEL  HAW- 
THORNE.    2  vols,  post  8vo,  original  cloth.      Fine  copy. 

London:  Strahan  &  Co.,  1871 

*  The  genuine  First  Edition,  dated  one  year  before  the 
American  edition-.  It  originally  appeared  serially  in  the  English 
periodical  "  Good  Words." 

203.  PASSAGES  FROM  THE  FRENCH  AND 
ITALIAN  NOTE-BOOKS  OF  NATHANIEL  HAW- 
THORNE.     2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth.      Fine  copy. 

Boston:  J,  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1S72 

*  First  American  Edition.     (See  No.  202.) 

204.  MEMOIR  OF  NATHANIEL  HAWTHORNE, 

with  Stories  (now  first  published    in   this   countr}'),  by  H.  A, 
Page.      i2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

London:   H.  S.  King  and  Co.,   1872 

205.  SEPTIMIUS  FELTON;  or,  The  Elixir  of  Life. 
1 2 mo,  original  cloth.      Fine  copy. 

Boston:  J.  R,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1872 

206.  SEPTIMIUS  FELTON;  or,  The  Elixir  of  Life. 
i2mo,  in  the  original  sheets,  unbound,  uncut  and  un- 
opened. Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1872 

207.  SEPTIMIUS:  A  Romance.  i2mo,  original  cloth, 
uncut.  London:   H.  S.  King  and  Co.,   1872 

*  With  dated  preface  and  some  changes  from  the  American  edition. 
It  was  originally  issued  in  America  in  "  The  .Atlantic  Monthly,"  and 
in  England  in  "  St.  Paul's  Magazine." 

208.  THE  DOLLIVER  ROMANCE  and  other  Pieces. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.        Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  and.  Co.,  1876 

209.  FANSHAWE  and  other  Pieces.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1876 

*  Contains  some  pieces  now  first  collected,  including  "Mrs. 
Hutchinson,"  "  Sir  William  Phips,"  etc.,  and  with  errors  mentioned 
on  the  errata  slip  of  the  rare  first  edition  of  Fanshawe  corrected. 

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210.  THE  ROMANTIC  DRAMA;  in  Four  Acts,  en- 
titled The  Scarlet  Letter,  Dramaiised  from  Nathaniel  Haw- 
thorne's Masterly  Romance  by  Gabriel  Harrison.  Engraved 
portrait  of  the  author  and  character  scene.  8vo,  wrappers,  pp. 
50.  Brooklyn:   Printed  by  Harry  M.  Gardner,  Jr.,  1876 

*  Fine  copy.      Scarce. 

211.  A    STUDY    OF    HAWTHORNE.      By   George 

Parsons  Lathrop.      i6mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1876 

212.  HAWTHORNE.  By  James  T.  Fields.  Portrait 
and  views.      32mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1876 

213.  THE  CARRIER'S  ADDRESS,  to  the  Patrons  of 

the   Salem    Gazette,  Jan.    1,    1876.      Leaflet,    pp.    4,    8vo,   as 
issued.  Salem:   Printed  by  the  Apprentices,  1876 

214.  LEGENDS  OF  THE  PROVINCE  HOUSE. 

Frontispiece.      32mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1877 

*  First  separate  edition  of  these  tales. 

215.  LEGENDS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND.  Frontispiece. 
32mo,  original  cloth,  Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &:  Co.,  1877 

216.  TALES  OF  THE  WHITE  HILLS.  Frontis- 
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*  First  separate  edition  of  these  tales. 

217.  A  VIRTUOSO'S  COLLECTION,  and  other 
Tales,     Frontispiece.      3  2mo,  original  cloth, 

Boston:  J,  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1877 

218.  THE  SCARLET  LETTER.  Illustrated.  8vo, 
original  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1878 

219.  HAWTHORNE.  (Biography.)  By  Henry  James, 
Jr.  (English  Men  of  Letters,  edited  by  John  Morley.)  i2mo, 
original  cloth,  and  paper  label,  uncut. 

London:   Macmillan  &  Co.,  1879 

220.  A     VISIT     TO     THE     CELESTIAL     CITY. 

Frontispiece.      i6mo,  original  cloth. 

Philadelphia:  American  Sunday  School  Union  \ca.  1880] 

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seco:n^d  sEssio:^r. 

221.  NOTES  believed  to  have  been  written  by  Nathaniel 
Hawthorne  in  his  boyhood.  A  series  of  Newspaper  Cuttings 
extracted  from  "The  Portland  Transcript,"  1880.  Loose, 
in  book  form,  title  in  MS. 

222.  THE  CARRIER'S  ADDRESS  OF  THE 
SALEM  GAZETTE.  Jan.  i,  1881.  Leaflet,  pp.  8,  i2mo, 
as  issued.  Salem:   Printed  by  the  Apprentices,  r88i 

*  Page  4  contains  the  statement  supposed  to  be  made  by  one  of 
the  Carriers  in  reference  to  the  "Portraiture  of  Father  Time,"  that 
"  he  had  heard  his  grandfather  say  that  Nathaniel  Hawthorne  had  as- 
sisted a  past  generation  of  Carriers  in  writing  that."     [See  No.  144.] 

223.  AN  ANALYTICAL  INDEX  to  the  Works  of 
Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  with  a  Sketch  of  his  Life.  i2mo, 
cloth.  Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1882 

224.  THE  COMPLETE  WORKS  OF  NATHANIEL 
HAWTHORNE,  with  Introductory  Notes  by  George 
Parsons  Lathrop.  Illustrations^  ivith  etchings  by  Blum,  Church, 
Dielman,  and  others.  12  vols,  royal  8vo,  original  boards, 
uncut,  with  the  labels,  and  mainly  unopened. 

Cambridge:   Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1883 

*  Choice  set.  Large  Paper  copy,  only  250  copies  printed, 
this  being  No.  132.  The  first  complete  edition  of  the  writings  of 
Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  containing  many  valuable  bibliographical 
notes  and  descriptive  introductions. 

225.  DOCTOR  GRIMSHAWE'S  SECRET:  A  Ro- 
mance, Edited,  with  Preface  and  Notes, by  Julian  Hawthorne, 
Facsimile.     8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut,  and  mainly  unopened. 

Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1883 

*  One  of  only  250  copies  so  issued. 

226.  DOCTOR  GRIMSHAWE'S  SECRET:  A  Ro- 
mance. Edited,  with  Preface  and  Notes,  by  Julian  Haw- 
thorne. Etched  frontispiece  and  facsimile.  Thick  royal  8vo, 
original  boards  and  label,  uncut  and  unopened. 

Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1883 

*  Large  Paper  copy,  only  350  copies  printed,  this  being  No.  215. 

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227.  DOCTOR  GRIMSHAWE'S  SECRET:  A  Ro- 
mance. Edited,  with  Preface  and  Notes,  by  Julian  Haw- 
thorne.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,   1883 

228.  SKETCHES  AND  STUDIES.  Portrait  of  Haw- 
thorne.     i6mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  [1883] 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label.     Contains   "  The  Ancestral 
Footstep,"   "Alice  Doane's  Appeal,"  etc. 

229.  TALES,  SKETCHES  and  other  Papers.  With  a 
Biographical  Sketch.  Portrait  and  vignette.  1  2mo,  cloth  (re- 
bound) (from  Works).    Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1883 

230.  NATHANIEL  HAWTHORNE  AND  HIS 
WIFE;  A  Biography.  By  Julian  Hawthorne.  8  etched 
portraits.,  Proofs  on  India  Paper.  2  vols.  Thick  royal 
8vo,  original  boards  and  labels,  uncut. 

Cambridge:   University  Press,  1884 

*  Large  Paper  copy.    Only  350  copies  printed,  this  being  No.  30. 

231.  THE  CARRIER'S  DREAM  and  the  Broomstick 
Train.  The  Carrier  Boys  of  the  Salem  Gazette  and  Essex 
County  Mercury  to  their  Patrons.  Jan.  i,  1891.  8vo,  wrap- 
pers, pp.  12.  Salem,  1891 

*  With   the   poem,  "The  Broomstick  Train,"  by  Holmes,  which 
originally  appeared  in  "  The  Atlantic  Monthly  "  for  Aug.,  1S90. 

232.  WIDE  AWAKE,  Nov.,  1 891  (containing  an  article 
"The  Boyhood  of  Hawthorne")  and  a  parcel  of  other  mate- 
rial, some  bibliographical. 

233.  THE  ANNUAL  ADDRESS  OF  THE  CAR- 
RIER BOYS  of  the  Salem  Gazette  and  Essex  County  Mer- 
cury, Jan.  I,  1892,      Leaflet,  as  issued,  pp.  8. 

*  Contains  a  reprint  of  Hawthorne's   "  The  Sister  Years." 

234.  THE  SCARLET  LETTER.  A  Dramatic  Com- 
position by  George  Parsons  Lathrop,  for  Music  by  Walter 
Damrosch.  Portrait.  8vo,  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  52.  New 
York   and    T^ondon:   The  Transatlantic  Publishing  Company, 

1896. 

*  With  autograph  letter  from  the  author  with  reference  to  tickets 
for  the  performance  inserted. 

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235.  MEMORIES  OF  HAWTHORNE.  By  Rose 
Hawthorne  Lathrop.  Portrait  of  Hawthorne.  i2mo,  original 
cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut.     Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co, ,  1897 

^2>(i.  [HAWTHORNE  (NATHANIEL).]  The  Corn- 
hill  Booklet  for  Apl.,  1901  (containing  three  Prose  Sketches 
by  Hawthorne  from  the  American  Magazine  of  Useful  and 
Entertaining  Knowledge,  Boston,  1838),  i2mo,  paper,  un- 
cut. Boston:  Alfred  Bartlett,  1901 

237.  NATHANIEL  HAWTHORNE.  By  George  E. 
Woodberry.  Portrait  of  Hawthorne  [on  India  paper).  8vo, 
original  buckram  and  label,  uncut  and  unopened. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1903 

*  Limited  to  600  copies  on  Large  Paper,  this  being  No.  57. 

238.  THE  BOWDOIN  QUILL.  Hawthorne  Centen- 
nial Number,  June,  1904.  i2mo,  original  wrappers,  uncut, 
pp.  23.  [Portland,  Me.:]    Lefavor-Tower  Co.,  1904 

239.  THE  PROCEEDINGS  in  Commemoration  of  the 
One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Birth  of  Nathaniel  Haw- 
thorne, held  at  Salem,  Mass.,  June  24,  1904.  Portraits  and 
view.  8vo,  original  half  cloth  and  boards,  uncut,  with  paper 
label.  Salem,  Mass.  :  The  Essex  Institute,  1904 

*  No.  33  of  250  copies  printed. 

240.  FIRST  EDITIONS  OF  THE  WORKS  OF 
NATHANIEL  HAWTHORNE,  together  with  some 
Manuscripts,  Letters  and  Portrait,  (By  J,  Chester  Chamber- 
lain,)     i2mo,  original  wrappers,  uncut,  pp,  69. 

New  York:   Grolier  Club,  1904 

*The  valuable  Bibliography  of  Hawthorne, written  by  Mr.Chamber- 

lain,  containing  the  result  of  his  careful  research  and  investigation  of 

Hawthorne's  works,  including  all  the  rarities  of  the  present  collection, 

many  of  which  have  never  before  appeared  in  the  auction  room. 

241.  The  same.  Large  Paper  copy,  with  por- 
traits   AND    MUCH    additional   MATTER  NOT  IN  THE    REGULAR 

edition.     Only  40    copies    on    Van    Gelder    paper,    this 
BEING   No.  4.      Svo,  original  boards,  uncut,  in  case. 

*  The  first  Large  Paper  copy  to  be  offered  at  auction. 

242.  CARRIER'S  ADDRESS,  to  the  Patrons  of  the 
Salem  Gazette  and  Essex  Co,  Mercury.  Rip  Van  Winkle  in 
Salem.     Leaflet,  pp.  8,  as  issued.  [Salem,  no  date] 

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'Cbe  (Collection  ot  3-.  C.  Cbamberlain 

243-  A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  NATHANIEL  HAW- 
THORNE, compiled  by  Nina  E.  Browne.  Portrait.  8vo, 
original  cloth,  uncut,  and  with  the  paper  label. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1905 
*  Only  550  copies  printed,  this  copy  being  No.  114. 

244.  SILHOUETTE  PORTRAITS  of  the  Class  of 
1825  of  Bowdoin  College,  including  Hawthorne  and  others. 
On  one  sheet.     4to.  1902 


Morh6  of  ©liver  McnbcU  Ibolmcs, 

245.  THE  HARVARD    REGISTER.      Complete  set 

OF  THE  12  NOS.  MCH.,  1827-FEBY.,  1828,  INCLUSIVE,  ALL  IN 
THE      ORIGINAL     PRINTED      AVRAPPERS,     UNCUT,     AS    ISSUED    (the 

backs  of  3  Nos.  are  slightly  mouse-eaten  and  the  upper  corner 
of  one  cover  is  torn,  otherwise  the  set  is  in  exceptionally  fine 
and  rare  state).     8vo.     Cambridge:   Hilliard&  Brown,  1827-28 

*  These  numbers  contain  Holmes'  earliest  printed  effusions,  written 
at  college  when  a  youth  of  sixteen.  The  work  is  of  great  rarity,  having 
been  conspicuously  absent  in  the  Arnold,  Foote,  and  other  noted 
collections. 

246.  HARVARD  UNIVERSITY,  Cambridge.  Order 
of  Performances  for  Exhibition,  Tuesday,  April  28,  1829. 
8vo,  leaflet,  pp.  4  (corners  defective,  not  affecting  text). 

Cambridge:  E.  W.  Metcalf  and  Co.,  1829 

*  "No.  7,  a  Poem;  'Forgotten  Ages,'  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes, 
Cambridge." 

247.  ILLUSTRATIONS  OF  THE  ATHENiEUM 
GALLERY  OF  PAINTINGS.  (Containing  9  poems  by 
O.  W.  Holmes.)  Small  8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut  (name 
torn  from  front  cover,  taking  away  the  upper  margin). 
Boston:  Frederic  S.  Hill,  1830;  {also)  Poetical  Illustra- 
tions OF  the  Athen^um  Gallery  (by  W.  G.  Crosby),  small 
8vo,  original  wrappers,  Boston,  True  &  Greene,  1827, 

*  An  exceedingly  rare  item,  and  the  first  of  a  long  list  of 
pamphlets  to  which  the  poet  contributed.  The  Arnold  Collection 
lacked  this  item,  nor  was  Mr.  Foote,  in  his  indefatigable  search 
throughout  the  country,  able  to  find  an  example.  Laid  in  cloth  case 
with  flaps.  A  letter  referring  to  it  and  MS.  notes  by  Mr.  Cham- 
berlain laid  in. 


Mor[;5  ot  ©liver  'Qmen&ell  Ibolmes 

248.  THE  COLLEGIAN.  (Nos.  IV,  V  and  VI-May, 
June  and  July,  1830,  on/y.)  8vo,  original  printed  wrappers, 
uncut.  Cambridge:  Hilliard  &  Brown,  1830 

*  Contains  several  original  poems  by  Holmes  and  others,  and  a 
prose  sketch,  "  An  After-Dinner  Vision,"  by  J.  L.  Motley,  his  first 
printed  composition. 

A  duplicate  (re-issue)  of  part  IV  is  included  in  the  double  number 
"  IV  and  V."     (4  Nos.  in  3.)     Rare. 

249.  THE  AMATEUR:  A  Semi-Monthly  Journal  of 
Literature  and  Art.  Nos.  1-9.  410,  in  the  original  wrap- 
pers, uncut.  Boston:  Frederick  S.  Hill,  1830 

*  There  were  22  parts  of  this  journal  issued,  containing  (at  least) 
17  poems  by  Holmes,  of  which  only  eight  were  included  in  the  col- 
lected edition  of  his  works.  The  above  numbers  contain  12,  and  pos- 
sibly 13,  of  the  poems.     Rare. 

250.  YOUTH'S  KEEPSAKE:  a  Christmas  and  New 
Year's  Gift  for  Young  People.  Illustrated.  24mo,  original 
boards,  leather  back,  gilt  edges  (lacks  one  plate). 

Boston:  Carter  and  Hendee,  1831 

*  Contains  "Crossing  the  Ford"  and  "The  Fairy  World,"  by 
Holmes,  two  of  his  earliest  literary  productions.  Neither  of  the 
poems  has  been  collected. 

251.  THE  HARBINGER:  A  May-Gift.  8vo,  original 
cloth,  with  part  of  the  paper  label  (some  pp.  spotted). 

Boston:  Carter,  Hendee  and  Co.,  1833 

*  By  O.  W.  Holmes,  Epes  Sargent  and  Park  Benjamin.  Seventeen 
of  the  poems  in  this  volume  were  written  by  Holmes.     A  copy  much 

TALLER  THAN    THE    AVERAGE.       LARGE    PAPER  (?). 

252.  POEMS.  I  By    I    Oliver   Wendell    Holmes.    |    rule    | 
Boston:  |  Otis,    Broaders,  and   Company,  |  MDCCCXXXVI. 
8vo,  original  cloth,  with  paper  label,  uncut.  Boston,  1836 

*  The  author's  first  book.  An  unusually  tall  copy. 
This  volume  of  poems  is  said  to  have  "  militated  seriously  against 
this  respectable  and  abstemious  physician,"  Holmes  having  a  short 
time  before  its  publication  joined  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society. 
Two  different  shades  of  cloth  were  used  for  the  binding,  the  above 
being  a  very  dark  brown,  and  the  other  a  brown  of  a  lighter  shade 
with  different  pattern. 

253.    LIBRARY  OF  PRACTICAL  MEDICINE,  pub- 
lished by  Order  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society.    Volume 
VII.    8vo,  original  cloth.        Boston  :  Perkins  and  Marvin,  1836 
*The  Boylston  Prize  Dissertation  for  1S36.  containing,  in  addition  to 
the  Holmes  contribution,  others  by  R.  W.  Haxall  and  L.  V.  Bell.     In 
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writing  to  C.  W.  Upham,  some  time  after  the  awards,  Holmes 
says..  "The  Boyhton  prize  was  almost  unanimotisly  aioarded  to  my 
dissertation .  .  .and  it  is  someivhat  pleasant  to  have  to  cut  a  Jifty -dollar 
prize  under  the  guns  of  tzvo  old  blazers,  -vho  have  each  of  them 
S7i>atnped  their  competitors  in  the  preceding  trials^ 

254.  THE  BOSTON  BOOK,  edited  by  B.  B.  Thatcher. 
Vignette  on  tilk.      lamo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Light  and  Stearns,  1837 

*  With  poems  by  Holmes,  Whittierand  others. 

A   PRESENTATION   COPY   FROM    HOLMES. 

255.  BOYLSTON    PRIZE    DISSERTATIONS    for 

the  Years    1S36   and    1837.      Folding   map   of  Neiv  England  in 
colors.      8vo,  original  cloth  (slight  stain  on  title). 

Boston:  Charles  C.  Little  and  James  Brown,  1838 

*  An  autograph  presentation  copy  from  the  author — "  Dr. 

HURD,    WITH     the     respects     OF     HIS     MUCH     OBLIGED     SERVANT, 

O.  W.  Holmes." 

256.  THE    AMERICAN      FAMILY     MAGAZINE, 

March,  1839.      Royal  8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut. 

Boston:  Otis,  Broaders  and  Co.,  1839 
*With    the    article:    "A    Week    of    Frailty,"    pp.     356-357,    by 
Holmes. 

257.  HOMCEOPATHY  and  its  Kindred  Delusions: 
Two  Lectures  delivered  before  the  Boston  Society  for  the 
Diffusion  of  Useful  Knowledge.  i2mo,  original  boards, 
with  paper  label.  Boston:  William  D.  Ticknor,  1842 

*  Fine  copy.     Scarce  in  boards.     Holmes  hated  Homoeopathy  with 
a  fierce  hatred,  and  often  spoke  of  it  as  a  "  Pseudo- Science." 

A  PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  PIOLMES. 

258.  THE  CONTAGIOUSNESS  OF  PUERPERAL 

FEVER.      Read  before  the  Boston   Society  for  Medical  Im- 
provement.     8vo,  original  printed  wrappers,  pp.  28. 

[Boston,   1843] 

*  Very  rare.     Presentation  copy  from  the  Author,  with 

INSCRIPTION     IN     his      AUTOGRAPH: — "  Ur.     PIGELOW,     WITH      THE 

Author's  respects."  This  is  the  first  published  edition  of  the 
famous  Essay  which  produced  such  a  storm  of  hostile  criticism  from 
the  leading  Professors  of  Obstetrics  in  the  country,  and  which  estab- 
lishes his  claim  to  having  made  an  original  and  valuable  contribution 
to  medical  science. 

Only  a  few  copies  were  printed  for  the  Author's  friends. 
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259.  THE  POSITION  AND  PROSPECTS  OF  THE 
MEDICAL  STUDENT.  An  Address  delivered  before 
the  Boylston  Medical  Society  of  Harvard  University,  Jan. 
i2th,   1844.      8vo,  original  virrappers,  pp.  28. 

Boston:  John  Putnam,  1844 

PRESENTATION  COPY. 

260.   The  same.      With  Presentation  Inscription  in 

THE  Author's  Autograph:   "■  Br.  Ho/nans^  Tremoiit  House.'" 

261.  THE  BERKSHIRE  JUBILEE,  celebrated  at 
Pittsfield,  Mass.,  August  22  and  23,  1844.  Illustrated.  8vo, 
original  wrappers.  Albany:  Weare  C.  Little,  1845 

*  Scarce,  in  wrappers.  Contains  the  Poem  "Come  back  to 
your  mother,  ye  children,  for  shame,"  by  Holmes. 

262.  POEMS.  i2mo,  original  boards,  paper  label,  un- 
cut. London:  O,  Rich  and  Sons,   1846 

*FiXE  COPY.     Contains  eight  Poems  here  first  collected. 

263.  URANIA  :  A  Rhymed  Lesson.  8vo,  original  blue 
wrappers,  pp.  32,      Fine  Copy. 

Boston:  William  D.  Ticknor  and  Co.,  1846 

264.  AN  INTRODUCTORY  LECTURE  delivered  at 
the  Massachusetts  Medical  College,  Nov.  3,  1847.  8vo,  orig- 
inal wrappers,  pp.  38. 

Boston:  William  D,  Ticknor  and  Co.,  1847 

265.  POEMS.  New  and  Enlarged  Edition.  Vignettes. 
i2mo,  original  cloth,  with  4  pp.  of  advertisements. 

Boston:  William  D.  Ticknor  and  Co.,  1849 

*  First  ISSUE,  pp.  272.  Contains  9  Poems  (including  "  Urania") 
now  first  collected. 

266.  POEMS.  New  and  Enlarged  Edition.  Vignettes. 
i2mo,  original  boards,  with  paper  label  and  4  pp.  of  adver- 
tisements. Boston:  Ticknor,  P.eed  and  Fields,  1849 

*  Fine  copy.  Scarce,  in  boards.  Second  issue,  pp.  2S6. 
Contains  Prefatory  Note  (entirely  different  from  the  first  issue  of 
this  edition)  and  five  additional  poems. 

267.   Another  Copy,    in    original   cloth,    without    the 

advertisements. 

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268.  ASTRiEA  ;  The  Balance  of  Illusions.  A  Poem  de- 
livered before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Yale  College, 
August  14,  1850.  i2mo,  original  glazed  boards,  with  4  pp. 
of  advertisements.      Fine  Copy, 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1850 

269.  Another  Copy,  in  original  cloth.  No  advertise- 
ments were  published  in  the  cloth  edition.      Fine  Copy. 

270.  PRACTICAL  VIEWS  ON  MEDICAL  EDU- 
CATION, submitted  to  the  Members  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  by  the  Medical  Faculty  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity.     8vo,  original  wrappers  (stamp  on  title),  pp.  7. 

Boston;  David  Clapp,  1850 

271.  RESPONSE  OF  OLIVER  WENDELL 
HOLMES,  M.D.,  to  the  following  Toast,  proposed  at  the 
Entertainment  given  to  the  American  Medical  Association, 
by  the  Physicians  of  the  City  of  New  York,  at  Metropolitan 
Hall,  on  the  5th  of  May,  1853.  Original  Broadside  Poem, 
12  Stanzas  of  8  lines  each.  Within  ornamental  border. 
Folio.  New  York:   Baker,  Godwin  and  Co.  [1853] 

*  Extremely  rare.  Not  in  Foley,  or  in  the  Arnold, 
Pyser,  Foote,  or  any  well-known  collection.  The  Toast 
was: — "  The  Union  of  Science  and  Literature, — a  happy  marriage, 
the  fruits  of  which  are  nowhere  seen  to  better  advantage  than  in  our 
American  //o/z/ies.'^ 

272.  LEAFLET,  containing  one  of  the  Poems  collected 
in  "Songs  in  Many  Keys,"  1862,  p.  124.  Three  stanzas, 
printed  on  the  first  leaf  of  a  i2mo  sheet,  followed  by  3  blank 
pages.      Dated  May  ist,  1855.  [n,  p.] 

*Very  rare.  From  the  Library  of  Dr.  S.  S.  Purple.  The 
Leaflet  is  without  title,  but  in  "Songs  in  Many  Keys"  it  appears 
under  the  heading  of  "  A  Sentiment." 

WITH   LETTER  FROM   HOLMES  INSERTED. 

273.  ORATION  delivered  before  the  New  England 
Society  in  the  City  of  New  York.  8vo,  original  wrappers, 
pp.  46.  n,  p.,  n.  d.  [New  York,  1855] 

*  Laid  in  is  a  very  long  and  most  interesting  Autograph 
Letter  erom  Holmes  (4  pp.  8vo,  Boston,  1855),  written  in 
defence  of  some  of  his  utterances  in  this  oration.  He  says 
in  part:  "/  seni  my  Address  to  the  Committee  of  the  New  England 
Society  to-day,  for  publication.     As  soon  as  it  is  printed  it  will  give 

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Morks  of  ©liver  MeuDell  llDolmes 

me  great  pleasure  to  send  you  a  copy.  I  was  not  aware  that  T  had 
spoken  in  'defence  of  slavery'  in  that  or  anything  else  I  ever  pub- 
lished. In  this  address  I  started  from  the  following  assumptions 
that  we  are  all  agreed  in  giving  every  inch  of  ground  to  Freedom  that 
we  fairly  can,  and  in  reducing  our  own  involuntary  participation  in 
slavery  to  the  minimum  consistent  with  our  existeitce  as  a  united  peo- 
ple .  .  .  I  attacked  a  certain  temper  which  I  think  is  very  prevalent 
in  New  England,  and  which  is  unfair  to  our  Southern  neighbors 
whom  we  have  accepted  as  equals  in  the  Confederacy  .  .  .  Well,  sir, 
not  three  days  elapsed  before  a  leading  paper  edited  by  (a)  New  Ettg- 
land  man  in  New  York  afforded  all  of  us  as  good  an  illustration  as 
could  be  desired  of  the  spirit  referred  to.  The  Tribune,  in  one  of  its 
leading  articles,  instilled  me  personally  in  the  most  brutal  manner — 
heaping  all  kinds  of  contefnpt  on  me,  and  suggesting  that  I  should  have 
been  ducked  by  a  Committee.  Aly  Address  was  conceived  in  the  spirit 
of  kindness,  viy  views  tnay  be  very 'wrong,  but  I  believe  the^n  true," 
etc. 

PRESENTATION  COPY. 

274.  PUERPERAL  FEVER,  as  a  Private  Pestilence. 
8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  60. 

Boston:   Ticknor  and  Fields,  1855 

*  The  Arnold  copy.  A  reprint  of  Holmes'  famous  Essay  "  Con- 
tagiousness of  Puerperal  Fever."  This  issue  contains  many  pages 
here  first  printed. 

"  Mrs.  Hovey,  from  the  Author,"  is  lightly  pencilled  on  the  front 
wrapper  in  Holmes'  hand.  (Mrs.  Hovey  was  probably  the  wife  of 
C.  M.  Hovey,  the  noted  Massachusetts  horticulturist.) 

275.  THE  SEVENTY-FOURTH  ANNIVERSARY 
OF   THE  BIRTH-DAY    OF    DANIEL  WEBSTER, 

celebrated   at  the   Revere   House,  Boston,  January   18,  1856. 
8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  96. 

Boston:  Office  of  the  Daily  Courier,  1856 

*  With  the  Poem  "When  Life  hath  run  its  largest  round,"  by 
Holmes. 

276.  SPEECHES  of  Drs.  Thompson,  James  Jackson, 
John  Homans,  O.  W.  Holmes,  S.  Durkee  and  H.  W.  Wil- 
liams, in  Response  to  Sentiments  offered  at  the  Annual  Din- 
ner of  the  Mass.  Medical  Society,  Boston,  May,  1856.  8vo, 
original  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  12. 

Boston:  Traveller  Printing  House,  1856 

277.  VALEDICTORY  ADDRESS  to  the  Medical 
Graduates  of  Harvard  University,  March  loth,  1858.  8vo, 
original  wrappers,  pp.  15.  Boston:  David  Clapp,  1858 

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278.  THE  AUTOCRAT  OF  THE  BREAKFAST- 
TABLE.  With  half  title,  engraved  title  and  rubricated  title  and 
S  illustrations.      i2mo,  original  green  cloth. 

Boston:  Phillips,  Sampson  &  Co.,  1858 

*  Fine  copy  of  the  first  issue. 

279.  THE  AUTOCRAT  OF  THE  BREAKFAST- 
TABLE.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Phillips,  Sampson  &  Co.,  1858 

*  Second  issue,  without  engraved  title  or  illustrations. 

280.  THE  AUTOCRAT  OF  THE  BREAKFAST- 
TABLE.     8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:   Phillips,  Sampson  &  Co.,  1859 

*  The  rare  special  issue  on  Large  Paper,  with  the  illus- 
trations. There  were  two  issues  on  large  paper,  with  and  without 
the  illustrations. 

281.  MEMORIAL   OF  THE  COMMEMORATION 

by  the  Church  of  the  Disciples  of  the  Fiftieth  Birth-Day  of 
their  Pastor,  James  Freeman  Clarke,  April  4,  i860.  Portrait. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.  Boston:   Prentiss  and  Deland,  i860 

*  With  original  poem  by  Holmes,  pp.  ig-21. 

WITH  LETTER  FROM   HOLMES  INSERTED. 

282.  THE  PROFESSOR  AT  THE  BREAKFAST- 
TABLE;  with  the  Story  of  Iris.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  i860 

*  Fine  copy.  Laid  in  a  letter  from  Holmes  to  F.  S.  Cozzens, 
author  of  "  The  Sparrowgrass  Papers  "  in  which  Holmes  refers  To 
the  Serial  Publication  of  "  The  Professor," 

^'Boston,  Sept.  2j,  iSjg. 
My  dear  Cozzens : 

I  have  just  pulled  7tiy  t7vo  boats  from  East  Boston,  iOTving  one 
after  the  other,  and  am  sitting  doiun  to  clean  up  my  eleventh  number 
for  the  Nov.  Atlantic  .  .  .  The  paper  was  a  pet  of  mine,  that  is  I 
thought  {I)  had  worked  out  my  conception  more  completely  than  per- 
haps in  any  character  I  have  sketched.  I  thought,  too,  that  J  had 
woinanised  tnyself  pretty  well, "  etc. 

283.  THE  PROFESSOR  AT  THE  BREAKFAST- 
TABLE;  with  the  Story  of  Iris.  i2mo,  original  cloth, 
uncut.  London:  Sampson  Low  &  Co.,  i860 

*First  English  Edition.  Autograph  "Jane  Brooks,  Nov.,  1862," 
on  title. 

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Morfts  of  ©liver  Men^ell  1[3olmes 

284.  CURRENTS  AND  COUNTER-CURRENTS 
IN  MEDICAL  SCIENCE.  An  Address  delivered  before 
the  Massachusetts  Medical  Sociel5^  8vo,  original  wrappers, 
pp.  48  (name  on  front  wrapper).  Boston:  Tick n or  &  Fields,  i860 

285.   The  same.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  i860 

286.  ELSIE  VENNER:  a  Romance  of  Destiny.  2  vols. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1861 

*  "  Elsie  Venner  "  was  dramatized,  and  the  play  produced  in  1S65 
at  the  Boston  Theatre. 

287.  THE  ADDRESS   OF   MR.    EVERETT   AND 

THE  POEM  OF  DR.  O.  W.  HOLMES,  at  the   Dinner 

given   to   H.I.H.    Monseigneur   the    Prince    Napoleon,    Sept. 

25th,  1861.      8vo,  original  glazed  boards,  uncut. 

Cambridge:  Privately  Printed,  1861 
*FiNE  COPY.     Scarce. 

288.  BORDER  LINES  OF  KNOWLEDGE  in  some 
Provinces  of  Medical  Science  ;  an  Introductory  Lecture.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.     Fine  copy.      Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1862 

289.  SONGS  IN  MANY  KEYS.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1862 

290.  SONGS  OF  THE  WAR.  Part  I.  i2mo,  original 
illustrated  wrappers,  pp.  96,  Albany:  J.  Munsell,  1862 

*  Fine  copy.  Scarce.  With  the  Songs  "  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I 
offer  thee  three  things,"  "  The  Flower  of  Liberty,"  and  "  Voice  of 
the  Loyal  North,"  by  Holmes;  also  "  Our  Country's  Call,"  by  Bryant, 
and  "The  Cumberland,"  by  Longfellow. 

291.  WAR-SONGS  FOR  FREEMEN,  dedicated  to 
the  Army  of  the  United  States.  i2mo,  original  wrappers, 
pp.  36.  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1S62 

*  Contains  at  p.  32  "The  Trumpet  Song,"  by  Holmes;  its  only 
appearance. 

HOLMES'  OWN  AUTOGRAPH  COPY. 

292.  NEW  ENGLAND'S  MASTER-KEY.  4to, 
half  crimson  morocco, uncut, original  wrappers  bound  in  (loose 
in  binding).  [Boston,  1863] 

*  Extremely    rare.     Author's  copy,  with  the  following 

AUTOGRAPH    INSCRIPTION  WRITTEN    ON    FIRST    PAGE,    "  OnE    OF    SIX 
COPIES    PRINTED,   O.    W.   HoLMES."       ThE   ONLY    KNOWN    COPY. 

[See  Reproduction.] 
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293.  THE  LOYAL  NATIONAL  LEAGUE.  Opin- 
ions of  Prominent  Men  concerning  the  Great  Questions  of  the 
Times,  expressed  in  their  Letters  to  the  Loyal  National 
League,    New   York,    on    the    Anniversary  of  Sumter.      8vo, 

original  wrappers,  pp.  72. 

New  York:   C.  S.  Westcott  &  Co.,  1863 

*  Scarce.  Not  in  the  Arnold  collection.  Contains  a  letter  from 
Holmes,  and  also  one  by  Whittier. 

SIGNED    PRIVATE    COPY,  WITH    HOLMES'  ANNOTATION  AND 
TWO   LETTERS. 

294.  ORATION  I  delivered  before  |  The  City  Authorities 
of  Boston,  I  on  the  fourth  of  July,  1863,  |  by  |  Oliver  Wen- 
dell Holmes,  |  rule  |  Private  Copy.  |  rule  |  Boston:  |  J.  E. 
Farwell  and  Company,  Printers,  |  37  Congress  Street.  |  1863.  | 
4to,  morocco,  pp.  71.  Boston:  J.  E.  Farwell  &  Co.,  1863 

*  Extremely  rare.  "The  reader  has  before  him  the  first 
DRAFT  of  the  author's  Address,  turned  into  large,  legible  type,  for 
the  sole  purpose  of  rendering  easier  its  public  delivery. 

It  represents,  therefore,  a  rough  manuscript,  without  those  ad- 
ditions, omissions,  and  emendations  by  which  the  text  is  commonly 
more  or  less  changed  between  the  earliest  copy  and  the  latest  revised 
proof. 

By  the  liberality  of  the  City  Authorities,  twelve  copies,  of  which 

THIS  IS  ONE,  were  PRINTED,  AND  PLACED  AT  THE  AUTHOr's  DIS- 
POSAL. No  Others  were  struck  off  with  the  exception  of  those  which 
the  printers  were  allowed  to  preserve  as  typographical  specimens." 
Preface  SIGNED  in  ink  by  Holmes: — "  O.  W.  Holmes."  Laid  in 
are  two  letters  from  Holmes  to  Mr.  Livermore,  with  reference  to  the 
above  and  others  of  his  works.  The  letters  are  extremely  interest- 
ing, telling  how  the  copies  are  "  very  handsomely  bound  by  the  City 
Authorities,"  and  with  mention  of  "  Mr.  Sumner,  Chief  Justice 
Chase,  and  other  dignitaries  who  were  present  to  hear  the  success  of 
Mr.  Burlingame."  Contains  an  autograph  correction  by 
Holmes  on  Page  59,  and  several  words  erased  with  pencil  by  him 
on  Page  62. 

PRESENTATION     COPY    FROM     HOLMES     OF     THE     PRIVATE 

ISSUE. 

295.   The  same.      One  of  the  rare  private   copies 

OF    WHICH    ONLY    TWELVE     WERE     PRINTED      FOR    THE    AUTHOR'S 

USE.  After  the  first  draft  was  taken  off  (see  preceding 
lot)  the  type  was  kept  standing,  some  corrections  and  altera- 
tions were  made  and  the  oration  was  again  printed  in  4to,  of 
which  this  is  one  of  the  copies. 

*  With    "Pru^ate    Copy  "on    the    title,   all   preliminary 

4G 


MorI?3  of  ©liver  MenDell  UDoImes 

LEAVES  AND  TEXT  OF  Ji  PAGES  COMPLETE.  The  above  has  Holmes' 
inscription  on  the  title:  "  Frederick  W.  Lincoln  laith  the  respects  of 
Oliver  Wetidell  Holmes  "  and  laid  in  are  copies  of  three  letters  from 
Holmes  to  L.  H.  Chubbuck,  referring  to  this  and  others  of  his 
works. 

296.  ORATION  delivered  before  the  City  Authorities  of 
Boston  on  the  Fourth  of  July,  1863.  4to,  full  morocco,  gilt 
edges.  Boston:  J.  E.  Farwell  &  Co.,  1863 

*  Printed  from  the  same  type  as  the  "private  copy," 
BUT  WITH  corrections  AS  DELIVERED.  This  issue  has  75  pages, 
inclusive  of  title.  The  title  was  reset,  omitting  "  Private  Copy," 
and  the  work  repaged,  with  the  addition  of  a  half-title  "  Printed  by 
Order  of  the  Common  Council."     Rare. 

297.  ORATION  delivered  before  the  City  Authorities  of 
Boston  on  the  Fourth  of  Jul)^,  1863.  8vo,  original  buff  wrap- 
pers, pp.  60.  Boston:  Ticknor&  Fields,  1863 

*  The  first  8vo  issue  marked  in  pencil  "  Private  copy,"  having 
MS.  corrections  showing  the  differences  between  this  and  the  rare 
4to  edition,  of  which  only  12  copies  were  printed. 

298.   The  same.      Printed   by  Farwell  &  Co.,  in  1863, 

and  without  the  corrections.      Name  on   front   wrapper,  an- 
other name  erased. 

AUTHOR'S  AUTOGRAPHED  COPY. 

299.  LECTURE,  1863  (Private  Copy).  Royal  4to,  half 
crimson  morocco,  uncut,  original  wrappers  bound  in  (loose 
in  binding).  [Boston,  1863] 

*  Extremely    rare.     Author's  copy,    with  inscription    in 

PENCIL    BY    the   AUTHOR   ON    FRONT   PAGE: — "  OnE    OF   SIX    COPIES 
PRINTED."       The    only    known    COPY. 

A  letter  of   Holmes  recently  sold   in   New  York  referred  to  this 
item  as  follows:   "/  /lad  a  lecture  which  1  shall  deliver  in  Providence 
printed  in  great  primer — the  largest  type  they  had.      I  paid  just  forty 
cents  a  page — had  six  copies  printed  only  ..." 
[See  Reproduction.] 

300.  COMPLIMENTARY  BANQUET  given  by  the 
Council  of  Boston  to  Rear-Admiral  Lessoffsky  and  the  Offi- 
cers of  the  Russian  Fleet  at  the  Revere  House,  June  7,  1864. 
8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  58. 

Boston:  J.  E.  Farwell  &  Co.,  1864 
*Contains  "  Song  of  Welcome"  by  Holmes,   not  included  in  any 
edition  of  his  Poems. 

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301.  SOUNDINGS  FROM  THE  ATLANTIC.  Vi- 
gnette on  title.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Ticknor  &  Fields,  1864 

302.  ORIGINAL  PROGRAMME  of  the  Memorial 
Services  in  Honor  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  the  late  President  of 
the  United  States,  at  Music  Hall,  Thursday,  June  i,  1865. 
8vo,  pp.  4,  within  black  borders.  [Boston,   1865] 

*  Contains  the  Hymn,  "  O  Thou  of  soul  and  sense  and  breath,"  by- 
Holmes. 

303.  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  Commemoration  Day^ 
July  21,  1865,  with  Poem  "Union  and  Liberty,"  5  Stanzas 
of  4  Lines  each,  by  Holmes,  set  to  music.  Leaflet,  pp.  4 
(library  stamp  on  front  cover  and  has  been  folded). 

[Cambridge,  1865] 

304.  HUMOROUS  POEMS.  With  illustrations  by  Sot 
Eytinge.,  Jr.      24010,  original  cloth  (used  copy). 

Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,   1865 

305.  TRIBUTE  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society 
to  the  Memory  of  Edward  Everett  (with  Poem  by  Holmes, 
and  Letter  by  Whittier).  Portrait.  Royal  8vo,  original 
wrappers,  pp.  90.  Boston:   Mass.  Hist.  Scty,  1865 

306.  THE  GUARDIAN  ANGEL.    i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1867 

307.  TEACHING  FROM  THE  CHAIR  AND  AT 
THE  BEDSIDE.  An  Litroductory  Lecture  delivered  be- 
fore the  Medical  Class  of  Harvard  University,  Nov.  6th,  1867. 
8vo,  orig.  wrappers,  pp.  44.     Boston  :  David  Clapp  &  Son,  1867 

*  The  Arnold  Copy. 

308.  RECEPTION  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  OF 
THE  CHINESE  EMBASSY  by  the  City  of  Boston.  8vo, 
original  wrappers,  pp.  77.      Boston:  Alfred  Mudge  &  Son,  1868 

*  Contains  Poem,  "  Brothers,  whom  we  may  not  reach,"  by  Holmes; 
also,  an  Address  by  Emerson. 

PRESENTATION  COPY   FROM  IIOT.MES  WITH  LETTER. 

309.  IN    MEMORY    OF     FITZ-GREENE    HAL- 

LECK.      Poem,  5   Stanzas  of  8  Lines  each,   written   for  the 

Dedication   Services    of   the    Monument   erected    to   Halleck 

at  Guilford,  Conn.,  1869.  [n.  p.,  1869] 

*Leaflet,  of  4  PAGES  (2  blank).  Privately  printed  by  Holmes, 

POSSIBLY   FOR   DISTRIBUTION   AMONG   THE    MEMBERS   OF   THE   COM- 

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'li.^ . 


I 

l^EW    ENGLAND'S    MASTER-KEY. 


The  dust  of  the  political  battle-field,  harder  to  breathe 
than  the  smoke  of  conflict,  has  blown  away  and  left  the 
air  pure  and  still  as  a  summer's  morning.  The  country 
is  startled  to  find  itself  so  far  in  advance  of  all  other 
civilizations,  past  and  present.  The  eighth  of  November, 
1864,  marks  the  attainment  of  matm*ity,  of  majority,  by 
the  representative  nation  of  humanity.  Then  it  was  that 
the  nncrowned  Queen  of  the  West,  the  champion  of  seli- 
government,  on  trial  for  three  generations,  at  length  on 
that  day  subjected  to  the  last  dread  ordeal, — walking  over 
the  red-liot  ])lough-shares,  —  came  forth  unharmed,  and 
Avithout  the  smell  of  fire  upon  her  garments.  The  tri- 
umph   of   party  is    forgotten    in    the  triumph    of    Liberty, 

of    Mankind.       The    newly-elected    administration    is    but 
1 

fSEE  No.  292.] 


(y^^^  ^y  A^  Gc/^^  /iu.,..u!Z<_ 


LECTURE.  — 1863. 


[Private  Copy.] 

The  separation  of  the  young  from  its  parent  is  a  very 
gradual  process  in  the  higher  animals.  After  its  coloniza- 
tion into  atmospheric  life  it  still  maintains  intimate  rela- 
tions with  the  somxe  of  its  being,  and  her  blood,  in  an- 
other form,  long  continues  to  circulate  through  its  system. 

There  is  one  class  of  animals  whose  connection  with  the 
mother  after  birth  is  peculiarly  close.  They  are  born  im- 
mature, and  are  caiTied  about  in  natural  sacks  or  pouches 
placed  near  the  fountains  from  which  they  draw  their 
support,  and  to  which  they  are  grafted  almost  as  if  they 
were  part  and  parcel  of  the  maternal  system.  The  Aus- 
tralian kangaroo  and  the  American  opossum  are  well- 
known  instances  of  this  aiTangement. 

^  Nations  are  only  more   complex  organizations,  Avhicli   at 
certain   stage    of  maturity    have    separated    from   their 
I 
parent  slock  as  colonies.     For  a  long  period  they  continue 

[See  No.  299.] 


Wioths  ot  ©liver  IMenOell  UDoImes 

MiTTEE.  Autograph  presentation  copy  from  the  author  to 
James  Grant  Wilson — "James  Grant  Wilson,  Esq.,  with  the 
respects  of  O.  W.  Holmes."  Specially  interesting,  as  Gen.  Wil- 
son read  Holmes's  Poem  at  the  Services.  Laid  in  is  a  letter  [2  pp., 
i2mo]  from  Holmes  to  Wilson.  "/  enclose  you  one  of  (he  copies  of 
the  lines  I  have  written  for  the  dedication  of  Halleck' s  monument.  .  . 
Von  7cdll,  of  course,  keep  them  strictly  to  yourself  until  the  day  of 
celebration,  etc.  The  Leaflet  is  also  autographed  at  the  end 
in  full — Oliver  Wendell  Holmes." 

WITH  LETTER  FROM  HOLMES  LAID  IN. 

310.  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  DEDICATION 
OF  THE  MONUMENT  erected  at  Guilford,  Connecticut, 
in  Honor  of  Fitz-Greene  Halleck.  Frontispiece  {inew  of  tJie 
Monument).  8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  39.  Privately  printed 
for  the  Committee   by  D.  Appleton   &    Co.,  New  York,  1869 

*  Fine  copy.  Rare.  Contains  the  Poem — "  In  Memory  of  Fitz- 
Greene  Halleck,"  5  Stanzas  of  S  Lines  each,  by  Holmes.  Laid  in  is 
a  letter  from  Holmes  to  General  James  Grant  Wilson,  who,  at  the 
Ceremony,  read  the  Poem  by  Holmes:  "  .  .  .  It  is  unsafe  to  promise 
absolutely ,  where  so  much  depends,  on  the  foriu7ie  of  the  moment; 
but  you  may  be  assured,  that  if  I  am  favored  zuith  that  half  hour's 
inspiration,  which  is  necessary,  it  will  give  me  pleasure  to  send  its 
result,  as  my  tribute,  to  the  meinory  of  the  distinguished  poet,''  etc. 

311.  A  DESCRIPTION  of  the  Dedication  of  the  Monu- 
ment erected  at  Guildford,  Conn.,  in  honor  of  Fitz-Greene 
Halleck  (with  Poem  by  Holmes,  Letter  by  Whittier,  etc.). 
Frontispiece.      8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  39. 

'^FiNE  COPY.  New  York:  Privately  Printed,   1869 

312.  ADDRESS  delivered  on  the  Centennial  Anniversary 
of  the  Birth  of  Alexander  von  Humboldt,  by  Louis  Agassiz. 
8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.   108. 

Boston:  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History,  1869 

*Contains  the  Poem,  "Bonaparte,  Aug.  15th,  1769 — Humboldt, 
Sept.  14th,  1769,"  by  Holmes. 

313.  LECTURES  delivered  in  a  Course  before  the  Lowell 
Institute  in  Boston  by  Members  of  the  Massachusetts  His- 
torical Society.      8vo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Mass.  Historical  Society,  1869 

■^Contains  "  The  Medical  Profession  in  Massachusetts,"  by 
Holmes,  pp.  257-301. 

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314.  THE  NEW  ENGLAND  TOUR  of  H.R.H.  the 
Prince  of  Wales.     8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  52. 

Boston:  Bee  Printing  Co.,  1869 

*  With  the  poems,  "  The  Prince's  Welcome,"  and  "  Our  Fathers' 
Land,"  by  Holmes.  Two  copies  of  the  exercises  in  honor  of  Lord 
Renfrew,  October  18,  i860,  containing  "Our  Father's  Land,"  by 
Holmes,  laid  in. 

RARE    AUTOGRAPHED  LEAFLET. 

315.  CLASS  POEM,  '29.  Leaflet,  containing  Hymn, 
5  Stanzas  of  4  lines  each,  dated  Jan.  6th,   1869,  commencing: 

"  Thou  Gracious  Power,  whose  mercy  lends 
The  Light  of  home,  the  smile  of  friends,"  etc. 
*Very   rare,  but  few   copies   having  been  printed.     Ini- 
tialed    AND     numbered     BY      HOLMES,     THIS     BEING     "  NO.     12." 

From  the  Harvard  Library. 

316.  HISTORY  OF  THE  AMERICAN  STEREO- 
SCOPE.    Illustrated.      i2mo,  wrappers,  pp.  16. 

*  Scarce.  n.  p.  [Philadelphia,  1869] 

317.  MECHANISM  IN  THOUGHT  AND  MORALS: 

an  Address.      i2mo,  original  clotli. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  187 1 

318.  The  same  (cover  soiled).  Autograph  presen- 
tation   COPY    FRO.M    THE    AUTHOR,     WITH    INSCRIPTION: 

*  "  W.  Victor  Paulet,  with  the  compliments  of  Oliver  Wendell 
Holmes,  Boston,  May  28th,  1874."  With  a  great  many  pencilled  notes 
throughout,  which  may  or  may  not  be  by  Holmes,  such  as  "  Genius 
repays  what  it  borrows;  how  many  forgotten  authors  live  again  in 
Macaulay."  "  If  we  borrow  from  the  ancients  it  is  erudition,  if  from 
the  moderns,  plagiarism."  Some  are  in  the  form  of  proof  corrections, 
such  as  "  Dr."  Newman  changed  to  "Cardinal  "  Newman. 

319.  THE  CLAIMS  OF  DENTISTRY:  an  Address 
delivered  at  the  Commencement  Exercises  of  the  Dental 
Department  in  Harvard  University,  Feb.  14th,  1872.  8vo, 
original   wrappers,    pp.    35. 

Boston:   Rand,  Avery  and   Co.,  1872 

320.  THE  POET  AT  THE  BREAKFAST-TABLE. 

Frontispiece.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1872 
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321.  CENTENNIAL  OF  THE  BOSTON  PIER,  or 

the  Long  Wharf  Corporation,  1S73.      8vo,  original  wrappers, 
PP-  38-  Cambridge:  John  Wilson  and  Son,  1873 

*  Contains  poem,     "  Dear  Friends,   we  are  Strangers,"  and  an  ad- 
dress by  Holmes. 

322.  PROCEEDINGS  of  a  Special  Meeting  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Historical  Society,  December  16,  1873.  8vo,  original 
wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  70.      Boston :  John  Wilson  and  Son,  1874 

*  Contains  the  poem,  "  A  Ballad  of  the  Boston  Tea   Party,"  com- 
posed for  the  occasion  by  Holmes. 

323.  MEMORIAL  SERVICES  in  Honor  of  Charles 
Sumner  (with  Hymn — "Once  more,  ye  sacred  towers,"  by 
Holmes,  3  stanzas  of  8  lines  each).      Leaflet,  pp.  4,  as  issued. 

Boston:  Rockwell  and  Churchill,  1874 

324.  BUNKER  HILL  MEMORIAL,  with  Poem, 
"Grandmother's  Story  of  Bunker-Hill  Battle,"  by  Holmes. 
Illustrated.     8vo,  original  wrappers. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1875 

325.  DEDICATION  of  the  Statue  of  John  A.  Andrew  at 
Hingham,  1875  (with  original  Hymn,  6  stanzas  of  4  lines  each, 
by  Holmes).      8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  55.        Boston,  1875 

WITH    LETTER    FROM    HOLMES. 

326.  FAIR  PLAY.  (A  Collection  of  Riddles  for  a  Fair 
at  Waltham,  Mass.)      i2mo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  20. 

Waltham:  Phinney  and  Barry,  1875 

*  The  Arnold  COPY,  with  book-label.     Fine  copy.    Rare.     Laid 
in  is  the  printed   "  Key  to   Fair  Play,"  also  a  letter  from  Holmes  to 

Osgood  the  publisher  with  reference  to  the  Fair,  etc. 

327.  SONGS  OF  MANY  SEASONS,  1862-1874.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1875 

328.  THE  BOSTON  MEDICAL  AND  SURGICAL 
JOURNAL,  May  24th,  1877.  8vo,  original  wrappers, 
pp.  39-  Boston:   H.  O.  Houghton  and   Co.,  1877 

*  Contains  "An  Address  delivered  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Boston  Microscopical  Society,"  by  Holmes. 

329.  TRIBUTE  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society 
to  the  Memory  of  Edmund  Quincy  and  John  Lothrop  Motley. 
8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  30. 

Boston:   Mass.  Historical  Society,  1877 

*  Contains  the  Address  (pp.  16-23)  t>y  Holmes. 

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330.  AN  ADDRESS  delivered  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of 
the  Boston  Microscopical  Society.  8vo,  original  wrappers, 
pp.  12.  Cambridge:   Riverside  Press,  1877 

HOLMES'  COPY  OF  HIS    "  FAMILY  RECORD,"  WITH    LETTER. 

331.  A  FAMILY  RECORD.  WOODSTOCK,  CON- 
NECTICUT, July  4th,  1877.  4to,  original  wrappers,  pp.  11, 
in  half  morocco  case.  [Cambridge,  Mass.,  1877] 

*  Extremely    rare.      Only    a    very    small    number    were 

PRINTED     FOR     THE     AUTHOR's    USE.       WiTH     AUTOGRAPH    IN    FULL: 

"Oliver  Wendell  Holmes"  under  the  title.  The  Poem 
was  delivered  at  the  celebration  at  Roseland  Park,  within  half  a 
mile  of  where  Holmes's  father  was  born,  and  a  short  distance  from 
where  several  generations  of  his  ancestors  lie  buried.  The  Poem 
was  intended  to  be  a  record  of  the  Holmes'  Family.  Laid  in  is  a 
very  interesting  letter  from  Holmes  (2  pp.  8vo),  July  5th,  1877, 
REFERRING  TO  THE  PoEM ;  also  copies  of  Other  letters  containing 
information  on  the  subject. 

332.  POETICAL  WORKS.  Household  Edition.  i2mo, 
cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1877 

333.  VISIONS:  A  Study  of  False  Sight  (Pseudopia), 
by  E.  H.  Clarke.  With  an  Introduction  and  Memorial 
Sketch  by  Holmes.      Portrait.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1878 

334-  THE  BOSTON  MEDICAL  AND  SURGICAL 

JOURNAL,  Dec.  12,  1878.      8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  35. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1878 

*  Contains  the  "Dedicatory  Address  at  the  opening  of  the  New 
Building  of  the  Boston  Medical  Library  Association." 

LARGE  PAPER  COPY,  WITH  LETTER   FROM  HOLMES. 

335.  JOHN  LOTHROP  MOTLEY:  A  Memoir.  Por- 
trait.     Small  4to,  original  cloth,  gilt  top. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1879 

*The  Arnold  Copy,  with  book-label.  Large  Paper  Copy,  of 
which  only  a  small  number  were  printed.  Laid  in  is  a  3-pp. 
letter  from  Holmes  to  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  referring  to  the  above 
work,  and  other  matters,  dated  Oct.  13th  (1878),  in  which  he  says 
in  part  "...  Dr.  Ellis  has  told  you  how  we  have  arranged  it  about 
the  Memoir  {of  Motley').  It  is  altogether  too  long  as  I  have  writttn  it 
for  the  '  Proceedings,'  and  I  shall  draw  up  one   of  reasonable  length 

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for  the  Society,  omitting  such  portions  as  seem  supcrjluous  for  our 
pages,  and  especially  such  as  viight  lead  to  differences  of  opinion  within 
our  own  body.  I  shall  then  be  at  liberty  to  print  a  longer  Memorial — 
something  like  a  Biography — ojt  my  ozun  respottsibility.  Always 
faithfully  yours,  0.    W.  Holmes." 

12>(>.  JOHN  LOTHROP  MOTLEY  :  A  Memoir.  Por- 
trait.    Small  4to,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  top.     Fine  copy. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1879 

*  Memorial  edition,  unabridged,  containing  Poems  by  Bryant  and 
Story. 

337.  JOHN  LOTHROP  MOTLEY  :  A  Memoir.  Por- 
trait.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1879 

338.  JOHN  LOTHROP  MOTLEY  :  A  Memoir.  8vo, 
original  wrappers,  pp.  72.      Boston  :  John  Wilson  and  Son,  1879 

*  Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society. 

339.  THE  SCHOOL-BOY.  With  illustrations.  8vo, 
original  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:  Houghton,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1879 

340.  THE  IRON  GATE,  and  other  Poems.  Portrait. 
i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1880 

341.  TRIBUTES  to  Longfellow  and  Emerson,  by  the 
Massachusetts  Historical  Society  (Tributes  by  Holmes  and 
others).  Portraits.  Royal  4to,  original  sheets,  uncut  and 
unopened.  Boston:  A.  Williams  &  Co.,  1882 

*  Large  Paper,  one  of  29  copies  printed  on  Whatman  paper. 

342.  PROCEEDINGS  AT  THE  DINNER  given  by 
the  Medical  Profession  of  the  City  of  New  York,  April  12, 
1883,  to  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes.  Edited  by  W.  M.  Car- 
penter.     Portraits.      8vo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  1882 

*  With  Poem  "  Have  I  deserved  your  kindness?  nay,  my  friends," 
by  Holmes. 

343-  PAGES  FROM  AN  OLD  VOLUME  OF  LIFE: 

A  Collection  of  Essays,  1857-1881.      i2mo,  original  cloth, 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1883 
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344-  ADDRESSES  AND  EXERCISES  at  the  One 
Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Foundation  of  the  Medical 
School  of  Harvard  University,  October  17,  1883.  Illustrated. 
8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  55. 

Cambridge:  John  Wilson  and  Son,  1884 

*  Contains  the  Address  (pp.  3-35)  by  Holmes. 

WITH  FINE  EMERSON  LETTER. 

345.  RALPH  WALDO  EMERSON  (Life,  etc.).  Por- 
trait.     i2mo,  new  cloth,  entirely  uncut. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1885 

*  Only  a  small  number  were  issued  uncut.  Laid  in  is  an  Auto- 
graph Letter  Signed  of  two  pages,  i2mo,  dated  Beverly  Farms,  Jan. 
21,  1882.     To  Mr.  Stewart. 

^^  I  have  ttever  had  my  extra  copies  of  my  Emerson  remarks  or  I 
should  have  sent  yoti  one  .  .  .  I  never  object  to  the  reprinting  of  my 
poems,  but  the  Publishers  of  the  Atlantic  insist  on  their  Copyright, 
etc. " 

This  is  followed  byavery  interesting  reference  to  Lowell:  '^  I  trust 
our  Government  will  not  repeat  the  treatment  of  Motley  in  the  case  of 
Low  ell. ^^ 

346.  RALPH  WALDO  EMERSON  (Life,  etc.). 
Portrait.      i2mo,  cloth  (American  Men  of  Letters). 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mififlin  and  Co.,  1885 

347.  A  MORTAL  ANTIPATHY.  i2mo,  original 
cloth,  UNCUT.  Boston:   Houghton,  Mififlin  and  Co.,  1885 

*  Only  a  small  number  issued  uncut. 

348.  COMMEMORATIVE  SERVICES,  King's 
Chapel,  Boston,  upon  the  Completion  of  Two  Hundred 
Years,  Dec.  15,  1886.      8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  14. 

[Boston,  1886] 

*  With  the  Hymn  "  O'ershadowed  by  the  walls  that  climb,"  by 
Holmes. 

349.  THE  COMMEMORATION  BY  KING'S 
CHAPEL,  BOSTON,  of  the  Completion  of  Two  Hundred 
Years  since  its  Foundation,  on  Wednesday,  Dec.  15,  1886; 
also  Three  Historical  Sermons.  Illustrated.  8vo,  original 
cloth.  Boston:   Little,  Brown  and  Co.,  1887 

*The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label.  Contains  the  hymn 
"  O'ershadowed  by  the  walls  that  climb,"  and  the  poem  "  Is  it  a 
weanling's  weakness  for  the  past,"  both  by  Holmes. 

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350.  OUR  HUNDRED  DAYS  IN  EUROPE.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1887 

351.   The  same.     Large  Paper  Copy,  with  portrait, 

and  paper  label,  uncut.  Only  100  copies  were  printed,  this 
being  No.  15. 

352.  BEFORE  THE  CURFEW,  and  other  Poems, 
chiefly  Occasional.  i2mo,  original  cloth  and  paper  label, 
uncut.  Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1888 

*  Only  a  small  number  were  issued  uncut. 

353.  OVER  THE  TEACUPS.  Vignette  on  title.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1891 

354.  HORATIAN  ECHOES.  Translations  of  the 
Odes  of  Horace,  by  J.  O.  Sargent.  With  an  Introduction  by 
Holmes.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1893 

355-  THE  POET  AMONG  THE  HILLS.  Oliver 
Wendell  Holmes  in  Berkshire.  Illustrated.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  Pittsfield  :   George  Blatchford,  1895 

*  Contains  some  Poems  here  first  published. 

356.  LIFE  AND  LETTERS  OF  OLIVER  WEN- 
DELL HOLMES.  By  John  T.  Morse,  Jr.  Portraits. 
2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1896 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-labels. 

WITH  HOLMES  LETTER. 

357.  The  same.     Large    Paper    copy.     No.    163  of 

275  copies,  with  portraits  and  facsiiniles  on  India  paper.  2  vols. 
8vo,  original  half  holland  and  boards,  uncut,  mainly  un- 
opened. Cambridge:  Riverside  Press,  1896 

*  Laid  in  is  a  short  letter  of  Holmes. 


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XilIlorh5  of  Maebinotou  llrvino* 

358.  IRVING  (WASHINGTON).  A  Voyage  to  the 
Eastern  Part  of  Terra  Firma;  or,  the  Spanish  Main  in 
South  America,  during  the  years  1801,  1802,  1803  and  1804. 
By  F.  Depons.  Translated  by  An  American  Gentleman. 
Map  (partly  split  at  one  fold).  3  vols.  8vo,  original  tree  calf, 
yellow  edges.      New  York:   Printed  by  and  for  I.  Riley,  1806 

*  The  rare  first  issue  of  the  First  Edition,  with  several 
errors  in  the  text,  which  were  corrected  in  later  issues.  Fine  copy, 
with  the  rare  map. 

The  work  was  translated  by  Irving,  in  collaboration  with  his  brother 
Peter  and  George  Games,  and  was  his  first  literary  production.  A 
Boston  critic  having  remarked  that  the  translator  was  master  of  but 
little  French  and  still  less  English,  Irving  humorously  responded 
that  since  there  were  two  of  them,  he  would  plead  guilty  to  an  im- 
perfect knowledge  of  French,  while  Games  would  confess  to  a  simi- 
lar deficiency  in  English. 

359.    The   same.      Second    Issue.      With  the  map.     3 

vols.  8vo,  original  sheep  (one  joint  cracked,  others  rubbed). 

New  York:   I.  Riley,  1806 

360.  SALMAGUNDI;  or,  The  Whim-Whams  and  Opin- 
ions of  Launcelot  Langstaffe,  Esq.,  and  Others.  2  vols. 
(20  Nos.,  Jan.,    1807-Jan.,    1808)  i2mo,  full  calf  (both   titles 

dated).  1808 

*  Some  of  the  numbers  are  designated  "Second,"  "Third," 
"  Fifth  Edition,"  etc.,  though  Mr.  Ghamberlain  considered  it  as 
"undoubtedly  the  First  Edition." 

361.  SALMAGUNDI.  Portrait.  2  vols.  i2mo,  origi- 
nal sheep.  New  York:   D.  Longworth,  1808 

*  Both  volumes  dated  iSoS,  but  some  of  the  numbers  included  are 
of  later  issues  than  the  first.     Fine  copy. 

362.   The  same.     Nos.  VIII,  X,  XII,  XIII,  XV,  XVII 

and    XIX.      Portrait.      lamo,   original    wrappers,    uncut,    as 
issued.  New  York:   D.  Longworth,   1S07 

*  Nos.  XII-XIX  are  first  issues.  Nos.  VIII  and  X  Second  Edi- 
tion.    (7  pieces.) 

363.  The  same.  With  an  Introductory  Essay  and  Ex- 
planatory Notes  by  John  Lambert.  2  vols,  in  i,  i6mo,  orig- 
inal cloth  (loose  in  covers).     London:  J.  M.  Richardson,  181 1 

*  First  English  Edition. 

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364.  A  HISTORY  OF  NEW  YORK  from  the  begin- 
ning of  the  World  to  the  end  of  the  Dutch  Dynasty.  By 
Diedrich  Knickerbocker.  Frontispiece.  2  vols.  T2mo,  origi- 
nal sheep  (name  on  title  of  Vol.  2,  front  cover  loose  and  a  few 
pp.  slightly  stained).      New  York:   Inskeep  &  Bradford,  1809 

*  The  Rare  First  Edition,  with  a  fine  impression  of  the  folding 
view  of  New  Amsterdam  as  it  appeared  in  the  year  1640. 

This  was  practically  the  author's  first  book,  being  the  first  original 
work  brought  out  by  him  without  the  assistance  of  other  hands.  Like 
many  others  of  the  world's  great  literary  performances,  its  inception 
was  in  a  measure  accidental.  The  success  of  Dr.  Mitchell's  little 
volume,  "  The  Picture  of  New  York,"  with  its  pretentious  introduc- 
tory sketch  of  the  City's  history,  prompted  the  youthful  Irving  to 
attempt  something  in  the  same  line.  The  result  was  the  immortal 
Knickerbocker,  and  it  is  doubtless  true  that  the  author  derived  more 
real  gratification  from  the  success  of  this  work  than  from  that  of  any 
of  his  later  publications.  In  after  years,  on  his  return  to  New  York, 
he  expressed  the  greatest  satisfaction  on  noting  the  universal  celebrity 
of  this  creature  of  his  fancy,  so  thoroughly  had  the  name  Knicker- 
bocker become  identified  with  the  city  of  his  birth. 

365.  IRVING'S     MANUSCRIPT     NOTE  -  BOOK 

FOR  "The  Knickerbocker  History  of  New  York."  44  pp., 
crown  8vo,  bound  in  the  original  limp  green  morocco. 
Labelled  by  Irving:  ^"^ Notes  for  Knickerbocker  "  in  ink  on 
one  cover,  and  on  the  other  is  pasted  a  label  of  white  paper 
on  which  Irving  has  written,  '■'■Azotes  for  Knickerbocker, 1S07-S." 
On  the  inside  cover  there  is  written:  ''''Memorandum  book  of 
Washington  Irving  of  Sunny  side.''' 

*  With  the  exception  of  a  few  blank  leaves  the  book  is  filled  with 
notes  in  ink  and  pencil  in  Irving's  fine  hand,  the  whole  consti- 
tuting AN  item  of  the  highest  LITERARY  VALUE  AS  THE 
"  Knickerbocker    History  "  is  considered   never  to  have   been 

EQUALLED  BY  ANY    OF  IrVING'S  LATER  WORK. 

It  is  well  known  that  Irving  and  Dr.  Peter  Irving,  his  brother, 
planned  to  write  this  together,  but  the  latter  went  to  Europe  for  his 
health  and  the  work  was  left  entirely  to  Washington  Irving.  Their 
first  idea  was  a  mereyVw  cC esprit  in  burlesque  of  Dr.  Samuel  Mitchell's 
"Picture  of  New  York,"  and  with  that  end  in  view  they  took  vast 
quantities  of  notes,  which  began  with  an  account  of  the  aborigines. 
But  on  Dr.  Irving's  departure  for  Europe,  Washington  Irving  dis- 
carded all  that  had  reference  to  a  later  period  than  the  Dutch  Dyn- 
asty, and  framed  the  work  according  to  his  own  conception.  It  was 
prepared  for  publication  at  Ravenswood,  and  Irving  had  it  printed 

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purposely  in  Philadelphia  to  prevent  any  idea  of  the  real  character  of 
the  work  becoming  known. 

Many  of  the  passages  in  this  Note  Book  are  reproduced  in 

FULL  IN  THE  FiRST  EDITION  OF  1809  (see  preceding  lot),  particularly 

those  on  pages  lo  and  ii,  and  also  an  anecdote  about  the  Mohawk 

Indians  on  an  unnumbered  page.   Many  memorandums  occur,  such  as 

"  Seek  for  etymology  of  Manhattan." 

"  Consult  Dutch  History  about  1610,"  etc. 

On  page  6  et  seq.,  are  Irving's  notes  for  the  "Account  of  Diedrich 
Knickerbocker,  as:  ''^ His  roo??t  was  full  of  papers  which  he  would 
never  suffer  to  be  disturbed,  etc.,"  enlarged  in  the  1809  edition, 
p.  VIII,  as  follows:  ''His  room  was  always  covered  with  scraps  of 
paper  and  mouldy  old  books,  laying  about  at  sixes  and  sevens  which  he 
wo2ild ttever  let  anybody  touch,"  etc. 

"  Philosophic  Speculations"  (Chaps.  I,  II,  Vol.  I)  are  to  be  found 
on  an  unnumbered  page.  There  are,  of  course,  many  allusions  to 
Kieft,  Stuyvesant,  etc. 

[See  Reproduction.] 

366.  A  HISTORY  OF  NEW  YORK,  from  the  begin- 
ning of  the  World  to  the  end  of  the  Dutch  Dynasty.  Frontis- 
piece. 2  vols.  i2mo,  original  sheep  (first  fly-leaf  to  Vol.  i 
lacking).  New  York  :    Inskeep  &  Bradford,  1812 

*  Second  Edition,  with  Alterations.  The  portrait  of  Knicker- 
bocker in  Volume  2  is  missing,  though  it  contains  a  fine  impression 
of  the  folding  plate  ot  New  Amsterdam  in  Volume  i. 

367.  THE  POETICAL  WORKS  OF  THOMAS 
CAMPBELL.  To  which  is  prefixed  a  Revised  and  Im- 
proved Biographical  Sketch  of  the  Author.  By  a  Gentle- 
man of  New  York  [Washington  Irving].  32mo,  original 
sheep  (back  slightly  chipped). 

Philadelpliia:   Edward  Earle,  1815 

368.  BRIEF  REMARKS  on  the  "  Wife  "  of  Washing- 
ton Irving.      [By  Egbert  Benson.]     8vo,  unbound.      Rare. 

New  York:   Grattan  &  Banks,  1819 

369.  THE  SKETCH  BOOK  of  Geoffrey  Crayon,  Gent. 
Parts  I  and  III  to  VII.  8vo,  in  the  original  printed  wrap- 
pers, uncut  (one  cover  of  Part  I  defective  and  backs  of  three 
parts  a  little  loose).      New  York:  C.  S.  Van  Winkle,  Printer, 

I  8  I  9-'  I  9-'  J  9-'  I  9-'20-'20, 

*  Genuine  first  issues  of  all  parts  included.  Of  extreme 
rarity  in  wrappers,  with  all  the  points  of  identification.     (6  pieces.) 

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370.  MANUSCRIPT  NOTES.  15  pp.  8vo,  of  MS.  Notes 
in  Irving's  hand,  apparently  of  miscellaneous  character,  un- 
signed, including  2  pp.  of  notes  from  "  The  Sketch  Book," 
"  Stratford-on-Avon,"  3  pp.  of  descriptions  of  London 
Streets,  and  4  pp.  (that  may  be  from  "  Tales  of  a  Travel- 
ler "),  etc. 

371.  A  HISTORY  OF  NEW  YORK,  from  the  Begin- 
ning of  the  World  to  the  End  of  the  Dutch  Dynasty.  Frontis- 
pieces^ after  Washington  Allston.  2  vols.  t2mo,  original  boards, 
uncut  (rebacked  with  cloth  and  a  little  stained  here  and 
there,  though  with  the  original  labels). 

Philadelphia:   M.  Thomas,  1819 

*  The  Third  American  Edition. 

372.  SALMAGUNDI;  or,  The  Whim  Whams  and 
Opinions  of  Launcelot  Langstaffe,  Esq.,  and  Others.  2  vols. 
i6mo,  paper.        New  York:   Thomas  Longworth  &  Co.,  1820 

*  Third   Edition,  with  four  stipple  plates  by  Alexander  Anderson 
now  first  published. 

373-  THE  SKETCH  BOOK  of  Geoffrey  Crayon,  Gent. 
Vignette  title.     8vo,  original  calf.      London:  John  Miller,  1820 

*  First  English  Edition. 

374.  The  same.     The  American  Issue.     (Nos.  IV  and 

VI  only.)  8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut  (front  cover  of  IV 
lacking,  which  also  has  the  wrong  pagination). 

New  York:  C.  S.  Van  Winkle,  1819-20 

*  First  issue  of  No.  VI.     (2  pieces.) 

375.  The    same.      (Nos.    VI    and    VII    only.)       8vo, 

original  wrappers,  uncut  (name  on  one  title  and  several  pp. 
damaged  by  a  nail).  New  York:  C.  S.  Van  Winkle,  1820 

*  Both  Nos.  first  issues. 

376.   The  same.      Odd  Nos.      8vo,  original  wrappers, 

uncut  (front  covers  of  2  Nos.  lacking).      New  York,  i82o-'22 

*  No.  I,  1822;  No.  2,  1820;  No.  2,  1S22.     All  of  later  issues  than 
the  first.     (3  pieces.) 

377    A    HUMOROUS  HISTORY  OF  NEW  YORK 

from  the  Beginning  of  the  World  to  the  End  of  the  Dutch 
Dynasty.  A  New  Edition.  Frontispiece  portrait  of  Knicker- 
bocker.    8vo,  calf  (somewhat  rubbed). 

London:   W.  Wright,  1820 
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378.  BRACEBRIDGE  HALL;  or,  The  Humourists. 
A  Medley.  By  Geoffrey  Crayon,  Gent.  2  vols.  8vo,  orig- 
inal boards  and  labels,  uncut  (covers  loose). 

New  York:  C.  S.  Van  Winkle,  1822 

379.   The  same.      2  vols.  8vo,  original  half  cloth  and 

boards,  with  labels  uncut.  London,  1822 

*  First  English  Edition. 

380.  The  Second   Edition,  with   new  Preface.      Four 

newly  added  Sketches   and    other  variations.      2   vols.   i2mo, 
original  sheep  (a  little  spotted  and  one  cover  missing). 

New  York,   1822 

381.  TALES  OF  A  TRAVELLER.  By  Geoffrey 
Crayon,  Gent.  Four  Parts  complete  in  one  volume.  8vo, 
original  tree  calf,  gilt  (one  cover  loose  and  name  on  title). 

Philadelphia:  H.  C.  Carey  &  L  Lea,  1824 

382.  The  same.  Parts  I,  II  and  III  only.  8vo,  orig- 
inal wrappers,  uncut.  Philadelphia,  1824 

*  With  the    Publisher's  Prospectus   and    List   of    Publications  in 
Part  III. 

383.   The  same.      First  English  Edition.      2  vols.  8vo, 

half  roan,  totally  uncut.  London:   Murray,  1824 

384.   The  same.      2  vols.    i2mo,  original   boards  and 

labels,  uncut  (binding  somewhat  loose  and  stained). 

New  York:  C.  S.  Van  Winkle,  1825 
*  The  Second  Edition,  sometimes  erroneously  described  as  the  first, 

385.  LETTERS  OF  JONATHAN  OLDSTYLE, 
GENT.  By  the  author  of  the  Sketch  Book.  With  a  Bio- 
graphical Notice.  8vo,  original  printed  wrappers,  uncut 
(back  somewhat  frayed).     New  York:  Wm.  H.  Clayton,  1824 

*  The  "  Piiographical  Notice"  was  written  by  Sam'l   Woodworth, 
author  of  the  "  Old  Oaken  Bucket."     Rare  in  wrappers. 

386.  The  same.  First  English  Edition.  8vo,  orig- 
inal wrappers,  uncut.  London:   Effingham  Wilson,  1824 

387.  A  HISTORY  OF  NEW  YORK  from  the  begin- 
ning of  the  World  to  the  End  of  the  Dutch  Dynasty.  By 
Diedrich  Knickerbocker.  Frontispieces^  after  W.  Allston.  2 
vols.  i2mo,  original  sheep.    New  York  :  C.  S.  Van  Winkle,  1824 

*  Fourth  American  Edition. 

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388.  HISTORY  OF  THE  LIFE  AND  VOYAGES 
OF  CHRISTOPHER  COLUMBUS.  Map.  4  vols.  8vo, 
original  boards  and  labels,  uncut.  London  :  John  Murray,  1828 

*  First  English  Edition. 

389.   The  same.      3  vols.  8vo,  original   half  cloth  and 

boards,  with  labels,  uncut  (some  pp.  spotted). 

New  York:  G.  &  C.  Carvill,  1828 

390.  A  CHRONICLE  OF  THE  CONQUEST  OF 
GRANADA.  By  Fray  Antonio  Agapida.  2  vols.  i2mo, 
original  half  cloth  and  boards,  with  labels,  uncut  (foxed). 

Philadelphia:  Carey,  Lea  &  Carey,  1829 

391.  The   same.     Large    Paper   copy    of  the  First 

Edition..     2    vols.  8vo,  original   half   cloth  and  boards,  with 
labels,  uncut.  Philadelphia,  1829 

392.   The  same  (later  issue).      2  vols.  i2mo,    boards, 

uncut.  Philadelphia:  Carey  &  Lea,  1831 

393.  IRVING'S  MANUSCRIPT  DIARY.  SPAIN, 
1828  AND  1829.  i2mo,  half  roan,  leather  insets  for  pencil, 
148  pp.;  lettered  in  ink  on  cover  by  Irving:  "'April  7,  1828., 
to  March  /,  i82g.'"  Mainly  written  in  ink,  with  a  few  pages 
in  pencil.  Nearly  every  page  covered  with  Irving's  fine 
handwriting. 

*  The  Diary  begins,  after  a  few  notes  on  the  inside  cover  and  first 
leaf,  with: 

"  Monday,  April  "j,  1828,  arrived  last  evening  at  Gibraltar,"  and 
continues,  with  the  loss  of  scarcely  a  day,  to  Saturday,  2S  (Feb., 
1S29).  Mainly  written  at  Seville,  where  Irving  staid  from  Nov.  3, 
1S28,  through  April,  1829.    He  did  not  return  to  New  York  until  1832. 

The  Diary  is  naturally  full  of  allusions  to  some  of  Irving's  more 
important  works,  "Conquest  of  Granada,"  "  Columbus,"  etc.,  which 
were  written  in  those  years. 

After  giving  on  Apl.  11-12   a  long  description  of  his   trip   from 
Gibraltar  to  Cadiz,  and  becoming  settled  in  Seville,  the  following  are 
found  to  be  interesting  dates  in  this  Diary: 
"  Apl.  22:  Sat  to  Wilkie.  .  .  for  my  portrait. 
Apl.  26:  Wrote  chap,  of  Hist,  of  Granada. 
May  8:  All  day  writing  Hist,  of  Columb. 

May  17:  Write  Col.  Aspinwall.  .  .enclosing  deed   of  assessment  of 
Columb." 

All  during  August  he  tells  of  correcting  the  MS.  of  Columbus,  and. 

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Aug.  II,  ^/ Jif^r.,  describes  a  trip   to  Palos,  whence  Columbus  sailed, 

visits  the  Convent  of  La  Rabida,  the  church  where  Columbus  watched 

and  prayed   all  night   after    his   return,  and  sketches  the  chapel 

(filling  one  page  of  the  note  book). 

"Sept.   I:  Sent  off... part   of  MS.  of  'Conquest  of  Granada'   (ar- 
ranging for  the  copyright  at  2,000  guineas).     Write  to  Mr.  Carey 
of  Philadelphia  and  sent  him  a  copy  of  Knickerbocker  to  print  a 
a  new  edition  from." 
Sept.  3  to  Oct.  3  is  filled  with  data  about  his  work;  he  notes  writ- 
ing the  Introduction  to  the  History  of   Granada,  Columbus,  Balboa, 

his  business  arrangements  with  Murray,  etc. 

Oct.  12,  Notes  Murray's  offer   to  pay  ^1,000  a  year  to  conduct  a 

monthly  magazine,  also  his  offer  of  100  guineas  an  article   for  con- 
tributions for  the  Quarterly  Review.     On  Nov.  6  he  visits  the  Library 

left  by  Columbus. 

"Nov.  18:  At  Cathedral  Library,  receive  letter  from  P.  I[rving]  in- 
forming me  of  literary  piracy  of  my  work  of  Columbus."  [This 
excited  Irving  to  write  his  own  abridgment  of  the  "  Columbus  " 
and  send  it  off],  as  the  next  3  days  his  entries  are:  "  All  day 
writing  abridg.  of  Columb. 

Dec.  iS:  Send  off . . .  MSS.  of  abridgt. 

Dec.  20:  Receive  letter  from  Col.  Aspinwall,  dated  Dec.  2,  telling 
me  part  of  the  MS.  of  Conq.  of  Granada  is  missing  [Chaps.  34 
and  55]. 

Dec.  21:  Unsettled  all  day;  thinking  of  sailing  for  England  to  sup- 
ply the  loss  of  the  MS.  of  Conq.  of  Granada. 

Dec.  22:  Search  all  my  papers.  . .  By  the  merest  chance  find  a  memo- 
randum. .  .stating  contents  of  the  missing  chapters."     [It  turned 
out  that  the  two  missing  chapters  had  been   sent  by  Irving  him- 
self in  duplicate  to  Ebenezer  Irving.] 
On  Dec    27   he  alludes   to  Murray's  purchase  of  the  Chronicle  of 

Granada,  and  he  says  on 

"Dec.  31 :  Thus  ends  the  year.  It  has  been  one  of  much  literary  appli- 
cation, and,  generally  speaking,  one  of  the  most  tranquil  in  spirit 
of  my  whole  life.  The  literary  success  of  The  Hist,  of  Columb. 
has  been  greater  than  I  anticipated  and  gives  me  hopes  that  T 
have  executed  something  which  may  have  greater  duration  than 
I  anticipate  for  my  works  of  mere  imagination. 

Jan.  I :   Make  notes  of  Stories  of  Don  Ilermanos. 

Jan.  3.  Wrote  part  of  Story  of  '  Enchanted  Soldier  of  the  Alhambra  ' 
.  . .  Receive.  .  .a  diploma  as  corresponding  member  of  the  Royal 
Academy  of  History. 

Jan.  10:  Write  a  little  at.  .  .the  Alhambra. 

Jan.  13:  At  the  Library  making  notes  from  Oviedo  for  Vasco  Nunez 
(Balboa). 

Jan.  26:  Utterly  incapable  of  writing.  .  .feel  out  of  heart  in  conse- 
quence. 

Feb,  I:  Write  at  Chron.  of  Eng.  and  Spain. 

Feb.  18:  Dinner  in  memory  of  Gen.  Washington." 
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There  is  another  sketch  of  the  Church  of  St.  Augustine,  some  notes 
and  little  scraps  jotted  down  on  inside  covers,  such  as  "  Vote  never 
can  tell  what  a  man  is  worth  until  you  know  his  wife" ;  ' '  Friend- 
ship is  short-winded,  but  enmity  can  climb  a  high  hill";  "  Great 
names  are  the  Jewels  of  history  bequeathed  from  age  to  age,  which 
mankind  will  not  willingly  give  up  or  suffer  to  be  impaired,"  etc. 

[See  Reproduction.] 


394.  VOYAGES  AND  DISCOVERIES  OF  THE 
COMPANIONS  OF  COLUMBUS.  8vo,  original  half 
cloth  and  boards,  with  label,  uncut. 

Philadelphia:  Carey  &  Lea,  1831 

395.  THE  ALHAMBRA;  A  Series  of  Tales  and  Sketches 
of  the  Moors  and  Spaniards.  By  the  Author  of  the  Sketch 
Book.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  half  cloth  and  boards,  with 
labels,  uncut  (one  label  rubbed). 

Philadelphia:  Carey  &  Lea,  1832 

396.  The  same.      First  English  Edition.      2  vols.  8vo, 

original   boards,    uncut,  with    labels   (covers    of  one    volume 
loose).  London:   Henry  Colburn,  1832 

397.  THE  COMPLETE  WORKS  OF  WASHING- 
TON IRVING.  In  one  volume.  With  a  Memoir  of  the 
Author.  Engraved  porb-ait  by  Blanchard.  Thick  royal  8vo, 
full  stamped  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Paris:  Baudry's  European  Library,  1834 

*  First  Collected  Edition. 

398.  THE  CRAYON  MISCELLANY.  By  the  Author 
of  the  Sketch  Book.  3  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth  and  labels, 
top  edges  uncut  (one  vol.  loose  in  covers). 

Philadelphia:  Carey,  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1835 

*  No.  I,  A  Tour  on  the  Prairies;  No.  2,  Abbotsford  and  Newstead 
Abbey;  No.  3,  Legends  of  the  Conquest  of  Spain. 

399.  A  TOUR  ON  THE  PRAIRIES.  By  the  Author 
of  the  Sketch  Book.  Post  8vo,  original  boards  and  labels, 
uncut.  London:  John  Murray,   1835. 

*  First  English  Edition. 


Ube  Collection  of  3.  C.  Cbamberlafn 

400.  ASTORIA,  or  Anecdotes  of  an  Enterprise  beyond 
the  Rocky  Mountains.  Fohii?ig  tnap.  2  vols.  8vo,  original 
cloth.  Philadelphia:   Carey,  Lea  &  Blanchard,    i836> 

401.   The    same.       First    English    Edition.       3    vols, 

i2mo,  original  boards  and  labels,  uncut  (one  back  rubbed). 

London:   Richard  Bentley,  1836 

402.  THE  NEW  YORK  BOOK  OF  POETRY. 

Vignette  title  by  Dick.      8vo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

New  York:  George  Dearborn,  1837 

*  Contains  poems:  "The  Falls  of  the  Passaic,"  by  Irving;  "A 
Visit  from  St.  Nicholas,"  by  Clement  C.  Moore,  and  other  pieces  by 
C.  F.  Hoffman,  Theo.  S.  Fay,  Geo.  P.  Morris  and  others.     Scarce. 

403.  THE  ROCKY  MOUNTAINS;  or,  Scenes,  Inci- 
dents and  Adventures  in  the  Far  West.  Maps.  2  vols.  i2mo, 
original  cloth  and  labels. 

Philadelphia:  Carey,  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1837 

404.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED.  3  PP-  4to, 
New  York,  Mch,  29,  1839.  To  Col.  Thos.  Aspinwall,  with 
leaf  of  superscription. 

*  Fine,  long  letter.  After  discussing  personal  matters,  when,  as- 
he  says:  "  /  am  obliged  in  these  hard  times  to p lav  the  Financier,  hav- 
ing been  meddling  with  stones  and  mortar,  and  bills  coming  in  upon 
me  ..."  he  goes  on  to  mention  "  The  Rocky  Mountains,"  issued  in 
2  vols.,  Phil.  1837:  "  By  this  packet  you  will  receive  further  proof 
sheets  of  '  The  Rocky  Mountains  '  .  .  .  I  hope  you  will  be  able  to  get  a 
tolerable  price  for  the  7uork:  but  with  ruhaiever  you  get  I  shall  feel 
satisfied,  knowing  that  you  always  make  the  best  bargain  in  your 
power  ..." 

405.  ADVENTURES  OF  CAPTAIN  BONNE- 
VILLE; or,  Scenes  beyond  the  Rocky  Mountains  of  the 
Far  West.      3  vols.   i2mo,  original  boards  and  labels,  uncut. 

London:  Richard  Bentley,  1837 

*  First  English  Edition,  and  the  first  issue  of  the  work  with  title 
as  above. 

406.  THE  WORKS  OF  WASHINGTON  IRVING. 

Willi  a  portrait  of  tlie  author.      2  vols,  large  Svo,  original  sheep 
(slightly  rubbed  and  back  of  one  vol.  damaged). 

Philadelphia:  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1840 

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407.  BIOGRAPHY   AND    POETICAL    REMAINS 

of  the  late   Margaret  Miller  Davidson,      lamo,  original  cloth, 
gilt.     Bright  copy.  Philadelphia:   Lea  &  Blanchard,  1841 

408.  OLIVER  GOLDSMITH:  A  Biography.  Vignette 
portrait  on  title  and  full-page  woodcuts.  Square  8vo,  full  mo- 
rocco gilt,  gilt  edges.  New  York:  Geo.  P.  Putnam,  1849 

*  First  Illustrated  Edition. 

409.   The  same.      Original  cloth,  gilt. 

New  York:  Geo.  P.  Putnam,  1849 

410.  The  same.  A  New  Edition,  revised  and  en- 
larged. First  issue  thus.  i2mo,  original  cloth.  Bright 
£opy.  New  York:  Geo.  P.  Putnam,  1849 

411.  ASTORIA;  or,  Anecdotes  of  an  Enterprise  beyond 
the  Rocky  Mountains.  Author's  Revised  Edition.  Map. 
i2mo,  cloth.  New  York:   Geo.  P.  Putnam,  1849 

412.  LIVES  OF  MAHOMET  and  His  Successors.  2 
vols.  8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut  (covers  somewhat  loose). 

*  First  English  Edition.  London:  John  Murray,  1850 

413-  A  HISTORY  OF  NEW  YORK.  By  Diedrich 
Knickerbocker.  Illustrations  by  Darley.  Square  8vo,  cloth 
(poor  copy).  New  York,  1850 

414.  THE  ALHAMBRA.  Author's  Revised  [and  en- 
larged] Edition.  With  illustrations  by  F.  O.  C.  Darley.  Sq.  8vo, 
original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges.    NewYork:  Geo.  P.  Putnam,  185  i 

415.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED.     (Initials.) 

4  pp.  8vo,  Endicott's  Mills,  Oct.  11,  1853.      To  Helen   [Mrs. 
Pierre  M.  Irving]. 

*  "/  have  been  every  day  on  horseback  riding  about .   .   .   the  ro- 
mantic banks  of  the  Patapsco  .  .  .  JSIy  itiiention  is  .  .  to   be  in   N'eia 

York  on  the  26th  to  attend  a  meeting  of  the  executors  of  the  As  tor  es- 
tate and  the  Trustees  of  the  Library  "  etc.  Followed  by  a  tribute  to 
Mr.  Jas.  G.  King,  just  dead,  also  a  member  of  the  Board.  Irving 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Astor  Library. 

416.  LIFE   OF   WASHINGTON.     Portraits  and  maps. 

5  vols.  8vo,  orig.  cloth.    NewYork:  G.  P.  Putnam  &  Co.,  i855-'59 

417.  WOLFERT'S  ROOST  and  Other  Papers  now 
First  Collected.  Frontispiece  and  engraved  title  by  Darley.  i  2mo, 
original  cloth.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam  &  Co.,  1855 

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418.  CHRONICLES     OF    WOLFERT'S    ROOST 

and  Other  Papers.      lamo,  original  clotli,  uncut. 

Edinburgh  and  London:  T.  Constable  &  Co.,  1855 

*  First  English  Edition. 

419.  THE  LIFE    OF   GEORGE    WASHINGTON. 

Illustrated  Edition.  5  vols,  royal  8vo,  handsomely  bound 
in  half  dark  blue  crushed  levant,  gilt  tooled  on  back  and 
sides,  gilt  tops,  other  edges  uncut  with  the  original  green 
printed  wrappers  preserved,  by  Stikeman. 

New  York:  Geo.  P.  Putnam  &  Co.,  i856-'59 

*  A  BEAUTIFUL  SET  of  this  handsome  library  edition,  bound  from 
selected  parts  and  with  brilliant  impressions  of  the  102  portraits  un- 
usually free  from  fox  stains.  Very  seldom  met  with  in  such  excep- 
tionally fine  state. 

420.  IRVING  VIGNETTES.  Vignette  Illustrations 
of  the  Writings  of  Washington  Irving.  Numerous  fine  en- 
graved plates,  after  Z)arley,  Gilbert,  Allston  and  others.  Square 
8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt,  uncut.    New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  1858 

*  Fine  copy  of  the  first  issue. 

421.  BRACEBRIDGE  HALL.  With  14  full-page  steel 
plates  by  Schmolze.      Square  8vo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  1858 

422.  IRVINGIANA  :  A  Memorial  of  Washington  Irving. 
(Including  tributes  by  Longfellow  and  Bancroft,  poem  by  J. 
R.  Lowell,  an  unpublished  letter  by  Irving,  etc.)  Portrait 
of  Irving  by  Darley  and  facsimile  of  a  portion  of  the  original 
MS.  of  the  '"Sketch  Book.""  Small  4to,  original  cloth,  gilt. 
Fine  copy.  New  York,  i860 

423.   The   same.      Small   4to,  in  the  original  paper 

WRAPPERS.      Rare  in  paper. 

424.   The    same.      Large  Paper    copy,    one   of    no 

printed  at  the  Riverside   Press.  With  j  portraits  of  Irving 

and  facsimile,  all  on  India  paper.  4to,  half  morocco  gilt,  gilt 
top,  uncut.      Scarce. 

425.  SALMAGUNDI  ;  or.  The  Whim-Whams  and  Opin- 
ions of  Launcelot  Langstaff,  Esq.  Engraved  frontispiece  and 
title.     i2mo,  original  cloth.      New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  i860 

*  From  the  original   edition,  with  a   Preface  and  Notes  by  E.  A. 
Duyckinck. 


MorT?s  of  Masbinoton  IFrvfng 

426.  WASHINGTON  IRVING  (Memorial).  Mr.  Bry- 
ant's Address  on  his  Life  and  Genius.  Addresses  by  Everett, 
Bancroft,  Longfellow  and  others.  Mr.  Allibone's  Sketch  of 
his  Life  and  Works,  etc.  Photographic  portraits.  Square  8vo, 
cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  i860 

427.  THE  LIFE  AND  LETTERS  OF  WASHING- 
TON IRVING.  By  his  Nephew,  Pierre  M.  Irving.  En- 
graved portraits.      4  vols.  Svo,  original  cloth,  totally  uncut. 

New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  i862-'64 

*  Large  Paper  copy  of  the  First  Edition,  of  which  only  no 
copies  were  printed. 

EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED  LARGE  PAPER  COPY. 

428.  The  same.  Large  Paper  copy  of  the  First  Edi- 
tion, limited  to  no  copies  appropriately  extra-illustrated 
by  the  insertion  of  upivards  of  jo  fine  steel  plates.,  portraits.,  views., 
etc.     An  unusually  choice  copy. 

429.  SPANISH  PAPERS  and  other  Miscellanies, 
hitherto  Unpublished  or  Uncollected.  Arranged  and  Edited 
by  Pierre  M.  Irving.     Portrait.      2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:   G.  P.  Putnam;  Kurd  &  Houghton,  1866 

430.  A  HISTORY  OF  NEW  YORK  from  the  Begin- 
ning of  the  World  to  the  End  of  the  Dutch  Dynasty.  By 
Diedrich  Knickerbocker.  A  new  edition,  containing  unpub- 
lished corrections  of  the  Author,  with  illustrations  by  Geo.  H. 
Boughton,  Will.  If.  Drake  and  Hoivard  Pyle  and  etchings  by 
Henry  C.  Eno  and  F.  Raubicheck.  2  vols.  Svo,  original  orange 
boards,  gilt,  totally  uncut  and  unopened. 

New  York:   Printed  for  the  Grolier  Club,  1886 

*  This  excellent  publication  of  the  Grolier  Club  of  New  York  is  the 
first  edition  that  was  printed  from  the  Author's  last  revision  of  the  text, 
completed  at  Sunnyside  in  1848,  the  original  manuscript  from  which  it 
was  taken  being  in  the  possession  of  one  of  the  Members  of  the  Club. 
The  book  is  printed  on  Dutch  paper  from  types  copied  from  those  used 
by  the  Elzevirs  at  Leyden  in  1659  and  is  one  of  the  most  desirable  and 
sought  after  of  the  Club's  publications,  at  the  same  time  being  one  of 
the  handsomest  editions  ever  made  of  this  famous  work. 

The  illustrations — the  frontispieces — are  in  three  states.  They  in- 
clude views  of  "  The  Battery  in  1670,"  "Fort  New  Amsterdam  in 
1651  "  and  "New  Amsterdam  in  1656,  a  facsimile  of  the  earliest 
known  print  of  New  York  City,"  etc. 

Only  177  copies  were  issued  in  all  and  the  book  is  now  rarely 
offered  for  sale. 

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431.  WASHINGTON  IRVING.  A  Sketch.  By  George 
William  Curtis.  Portraits  and  vien'S.  8vo,  full  red  morocco, 
gilt  tooled  on  back  and  sides,  gilt  top,  uncut,  as  issued. 

New  York:   The  Grolier  Club,  1891 

*  Grolier  Club  Publication,  limited  to  344  copies  on  handmade- 
paper. 

Choice  copy,  with  author's  autograph  inscription  to  Mr.  Charles  B. 
Foote. 

432.  KNICKERBOCKER'S   HISTORY    OF    NEW 

YORK.  With  illustrations,  illuminated  page  borders,  etc.,  by 
Edw.  W.  Kemble.  2  vols.  8vo,  half  crimped  russia  gilt,  gilt 
tops,  uncut.  New  York:  Geo.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  1894 

*  No.  23  of  the  Van  Twiiler  Edition  with  proofs  of  the  numerous^ 
fine  full-page  illustrations  on  Japan  paper.  Edition  strictly  limited 
to  100  copies. 

433.  TALES  OF  A  TRAVELLER.  Beautifully  illus- 
trated with  numerous  full-page  illustrations,  decorative  page-bor- 
ders, etc.  2  vols.  8vo,  half  crimped  russia  gilt,  gilt  tops, 
uncut.       New  York  and  London:  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  1895 

*Buckthorne  edition,  with  proofs  of  the  plates  on  Japanese  paper. 
No.  86  of  only  100  copies  so  issued. 

434.  BRACEBRIDGE  HALL;  or.  The  Humorists. 
Numerous  beautiful  full-page  illustrations,  decorative  page-borders, 
etc.      2  vols.  8vo,  half  crimped  russia  gilt,  gilt  tops,  uncut. 

New  York  and  London:  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  1896 

*  Surrey  Edition,  with  proofs  of  the  plates  on   Japan  paper.     No. 
19  of  only  50  copies  so  issued. 

435.  THE  ADVENTURES  of  Captain  Bonneville, 
U.  S.  A.,  in  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  the  Far  West.  Di- 
gested from  his  Journal  and  illustrated  from  various  other 
sources.  Finely  illustrated  with  numerous  full-page  plates,  decora- 
tive page-borders,  etc.  2  vols.  8vo,  decorative  white  cloth,  gilt 
extra,  gilt  tops,  uncut. 

New  York  and  London:  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  1898 

*  Choice  copy  of  the  Pawnee  Edition. 

436.  KNICKERBOCKER      TRUST      COMPANY, 

New    York.     Annual    Statement,   July   ist,    1903.      ITith  en- 
graved portrait  of  Knickerbocker  on  front  cover.      8vo. 

New  York,  1903 
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Morh5  of  1beni\^  Mabawortb  Xonofcllow. 

437.  THE  UNITED  STATES  LITERARY  GA- 
ZETTE, and  The  United  States  Review  and  Literary  Ga- 
zette, April  I  [i824]-Marcli  15  [1825],  in  4to,  and  with  2 
issues  in  duplicate  in  Svo;  April  i  [i825]-Sept.  1  [1825, 
lacks  Sept.  15]  ;  Oct.  i  [i825]-March  15  [1826,  lacks  March 
I,  1826];  April  I  [i826]-Sept.  [1826,  lacks  May  i,  1826]; 
United  States  Review  and  Literary  Gazette,  Oct. -Dec,  1826; 
Feb. ,  March,  May  and  June,  1827.  In  the  original  wrappers, 
uncut,  as  issued  (a  few  lack  the  wrappers). 

Boston:  Cummings,  Hilliard  &  Co.,  etc.,  1824-27 

*  Very  rare  in  the  original  wrappers.  Many  of  Longfellow's 
early  Poems  appeared  in  this  periodical,  some  of  which  have  never 
been  reprinted.  The  work  was  edited  by  William  Cullen  Bryant  from 
October,  1S26,  under  the  second  title. 

438.  MISCELLANEOUS  POEMS,  selected  chiefly  from 
the  United  States  Literary  Gazette.  Vignette  on  title.  12 mo, 
original  half  cloth  and  boards,  entirely  uncut,  with  label  (top 
of  title  repaired).       Boston:   Cummings,  Hilliard  &  Co.,  1826 

*  Rare  in  this  state.  Of  the  14  poems  by  Longfellow  only  5 
were  retained  and  published  in  "Voices  of  the  Night"  and  later  edi- 
tions of  his  works.     There  are  also  Poems  by  Bryant  and  others. 

439-  THE  ATLANTIC  SOUVENIR  ;  A  Christmas 
and  New  Year's  offering,  1827.  Illustrations  {including  a  View 
of  New  York,  engraved  by  Maverick).  32mo,  original  full  green 
morocco  gilt  extra,  gilt  edges. 

Philadelphia:   H.  C.  Carey  and  I.  Lea,  1827 

*  Fine  copy.  Contains  "  The  Song  of  the  Birds  "  and  "  Burial  of 
the  Minnisink,"  by  Longfellow,  now  first  published;  also,  contribu- 
tions by  Irving,  Bancroft,  and  others. 

440.  THE  ATLANTIC  SOUVENIR  for  1828.  Illus- 
trations [including  views  of  the  Delaware  Water  Gap,  Catskill 
Falls,  etc.).  32mo,  original  boards,  gilt  edges  (some  pp. 
soiled).  Philadelphia:  Carey,  Lea  and  Carey,  1828 

*  The  original  appearance  of  "  The  Spring  of  Poetry,"  by  Long- 
fellow, afterwards  issued  in  Cheever's  Common-place  Book  of 
Poetry.     Lacking  in  the  Arnold  collection. 

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441.  NOVELAS  ESPANOLA.  El  Serrano  de  las 
Alpujarras;  y  el  Cuadro  Misterioso.  i2mo,  original  half 
black  cloth  and  marbled  boards. 

Brunswick:   Imprenta  de  Griffin,  1830 

*A  VERY  CHOICE  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  ISSUE  OF  THE  FiRST  EDI- 
TION. Edited,  with  a  Preface,  by  Longfellow  (revised  and  reset  in 
the  later  issues);  also,  with  Dedication  on  verso  of  title  that  only 
appears  in  the  first  issue.  Laid  in  are  interesting  cuttings  with  re- 
ference to  this  work. 

442.  The  same.      Fine  copy  of  the  second  issue  of 

THE  First  Edition,  with  revised  Preface;  the  sheets  of  the 
first  issue,  with  a  new  page  printed  and  inserted,  having  been 
pasted  on  stub  of  original  leaf.  Contains  the  Dedication  on 
verso  of  title.     i2mo,  new  half  cloth  and  boards,  with  label. 

Brunswick:  Imprenta  de  Griffin,  1830 

WITH    EARLY  UNPUBLISHED  LONGFELLOW  LETTER. 

44.3.  ELEMENTS  OF  FRENCH  GRAMMAR.   By 

M.  Lhomond.      Translated  from  the  French,  with  Notes  and 

such  Illustrations  as  were  thought  necessary  for  the  American 

Pupil,   For  the  use  of  schools,  by  an   Instructer  (f/V),  izmo, 

original  cloth    and  printed  label,  entirely  uncut  (some  pp. 

slightly  stained).  Portland:  Samuel  Colman,  1830 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with   label,  containing  the  half-title  and  the 

FOUR  ERRATA  SLIPS.     When  this  copy  was  offered  in  the  Arnold  sale 

it  only  contained  two  errata  slips.     Very  rare. 

Laid  in  is  a  long  unpublished  autograph  letter  signed,  3  pp.  4to. 
" Bowc/oin  College,  Apl.  14,  i8jo"  with  leaf  of  Address:  To  Jas. 
Berdan  [a  few  words  torn  away  at  the  seal]. 

Important  early  literary  letter  full  of  youthful  enthusiasm.  He 
declares  his  intention  of  getting  married  "aj  soon  as  circumstances  shall 
permit  me  to  commence  negotiations  luith  the  other  party.  .  .  .  lam 
not  engaged  yet."  .  .  .  [However,  in  September,  1831,  he  married 
Mary  Potter,  of  Portland.] 

"  Have  yoti  and  Pierre  got  through  ivith  your  Law  Book?  I  fancy 
we  shall  appear  as  brother  bookmakers  at  about  the  same  time;  for 
I  shall  soon  send  you  on  a  Grammar  a7id  Exercises — together  xvith  a 
volume  of  French  Plays,  which  are  forthco7ning  from  the  prolific 
press  of  our  village  Printer.  .  .  .  I  am  going  to  write  a  Spanish 
Grammar ,  according  to  my  o'cn  ideas." 

This  volume  of  "French  Plays"  was  his  "Proverbes  Dramatiques," 
issued  in  1830.  The  rest  of  this  long  letter  is  filled  with  personal  allu- 
sions. His  loneliness — '  'buried  in  the  dust  and  cobioebs  of  this  cottntry 
college  moth  and  rust  begin  to  consume  me."  He  says  his  exercise  con- 
sists in  " capering  about  071  a  zuhite  horse  with  one  eye."  .  .  .  "This 
exercise  I  take  all  alo/te,  for  I  lead  the  life  of  a/i  anchorite,  ..." 
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444.  FRENCH  EXERCISES;  selected  chiefly  from 
Wanostrocht,  and  adapted  to  The  Elements  of  French  Gram- 
mar, by  M.  Lhomond.  By  An  Instructer  (sic).  i2mo,  orig- 
inal cloth  and  printed  label,  entirely  uncut. 

Portland:  Samuel  Colman,  1830 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  label.  Contains  the  two  errata  slips. 
Fine  copy.     Very  rare. 

WITH  IMPORTANT  UNPUBLISHED  LONGFELLOW  LETTER. 

445-  ELEMENTS  OF  FRENCH  GRAMMAR.  By 

M.  Lhomond.  Translated  from  the  French;  for  the  use  of 
Schools,  by  An  Instructer  (sic) ;  a/so,  French  Exercises, 
selected  chiefly  from  Wanostrocht,  and  adapted  to  the  Ele- 
ments of  French  Grammar  by  M,  Lhomond,  by  An  Instructer 
(su).  2  vols,  in  I.  i2mo,  original  cloth  (spotted)  and  with 
part  of  the  original  label,  totally  uncut  (library  stamp 
erased  from  title).  Portland:  Samual  Colman,  1830 

*  Fine  copy.  Very  rare.  Some  pages  of  the  "  Exercises"  are 
UNOPENED.  The  Grammar  contains  5  errata  slips  (the  Arnold  copy 
only  contained  2).  The  Exercises  contains  both  errata  slips.  Laid 
in  is  a  long  unpublished  letter,  dated  June  27,  Bowdoin  College, 
Maine,  4  pp.  4to  (2  pp.  more  being  cross- written). 

After  giving  an  account  of  his  daily  routine,  he  says: 

"Last  Term  {Spring  of  1830)  I  ivas  publishing  books  for  the  use 
of  my  pupils  .  .  .  This  term  I  am  writing  a  course  of  lectures  on 
modern  literature — or  rather  on  French,  Spanish  and  Italian  litera- 
ture ...  /  sent  you  my  Grammar  and  Exercises  and  a  volume  of 
French  Comedies  about  three  iveeks  since  .  .  ." 

Then  follows  a  highly  interesting  reference  to  his  Earliest 
Poetry: 

^  "/  am  proud  to  have  your  favorable  opinioft  of  those  little  poetic 

attempts  ivhich  date  so  many  years  back.  I  had  long  ceased  to 
attach  any  kind  of  value  to  them  and  indeed  to  think  of  them  .  .  . 
Since  my  return  I  have  vjritten  a  piece  and  a  half,  but  have  not 
published  a  line.  You  need  not  be  alarmed  on  that  score.  I  am 
all  prudence  novj  since  I  can  form  a  more  accurate  judgment  of 
the  merit  of  poetry.  If  I  ever  publish  a  volume  it  ivill  be  many 
years  first  .  .  ." 

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446.  MANUEL     DE     PROVERBES     DRAMAT- 
IQUES.      i2mo,   original  cloth  with  label,  totally  uncut. 

Portland:   Samuel  Colman,  1830 

*  "Tome  I,"  first  issue,  with  pp.  156,  and  without  table  of  con- 
tents and  errata,  issued  with  the  more  complete  volume  later  in  the 
same  year.  Contains  preface  (in  French)  of  seven  pages  (Foote  cata- 
logue says  five)  by  Longfellow.  Laid  in  is  a  note  of  Mr.  Chamber- 
lain giving  particulars  as  to  what  pages  were  reset  in  the  later  issue. 

PRESENTATION  COPY. 

447.  MANUEL  DE  PROVERBES  DRAMAT- 

IQUES.    i2mo,  original  cloth  with  original  label,  totally 

UNCUT,    many   pages  UNOPENED. 

Portland:  Samuel  Colman,  1830 

*  A  REMARKABLY  FINE  COPY  OF  THIS  RARE  BOOK.  PrESFNTATION 
COPY,  WITH  INSCRIPTION  IN  THE  AUTHOR'S  AUTOGRAPH,  AS  FOL- 
LOWS: "  With  the  respects  of  the  Author."  With  preface  of  seven 
pages  (in  French)  by  Longfellow.  This  is  the  complete  work  which 
contains  pp.  2S8,  table  of  contents,  and  errata.  Page  288  is  mis- 
printed 18S-. 

448.  LE    MINISTRE    DE    WAKEFIELD.     i2mo, 
original  half  cloth,  and  with  the  paper  label  intact, 

Boston:  Gray  et  Bowen,  1831 

*  A  FINE  COPY  OF  ONE  OF  THE  RAREST  OF  LONGFELLOW'S  BOOKS. 

The  Arnold  copy. 

449.  NOVELAS    ESPANOLAS.      El    Serrano    de  las 

Alpujarras  ;  y  el  Cuadro  Misterioso.     i  2mo,  original  half  cloth 

and  boards  (name  on  title). 

Brunswick:   Imprenta  de  Griffin,  1831 

*  Second  edition,  with  revised  preface  similar  to  that  of  the  second 
issue  of  the  first  edition,  and  without  the  dedication  on  vsrso  of 
title.     The  title  is  reset,  showing  different  spacing. 

450.  ELEMENTS  OF  FRENCH  GRAMMAR.  By 

M.  Lhomond.  Translated  from  the  French,  with  Additional 
Notes  by  H.  VV.  Longfellow.  Second  Edition,  1831;  also^ 
French  Exercises,  selected  chiefly  from  Wanostrocht,  and 
adapted  to  the  Elements  of  French  Grammar  by  M.  Lhomond, 
by  An  Inslructer  {sic^.  Second  Edition.  2  vols,  in  i.  i2mo, 
original  half  cloth  and  boards,  with  paper  label  (single  label 
"  French  Grammar  ").  Boston:   Gray  and  Bowen,  1831 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label.  The  first  book  bearing  Long- 
fellow's name  on  the  title-page.  With  the  leaf  of  advertisement. 
This  second  edition  was  revised  and  enlarged. 

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451.  DE  PORQUET'S  ITALIAN  PHRASES;  or,  II 

Fraseggiatore  Toscano.  Third  Edition,  by  Carlo  Alfieri. 
Revised  and  improved  by  the  American  editor.  lamo, 
■cloth,  paper  label  on  side.  Boston,  1832 

*  Unidentified  as  a  Longfellow  item,  but  placed  by  Mr.  Chamber- 
lain in  his  Longfellow  collection. 

452.  NORTH  AMERICAN  REVIEW  for  April,  1831, 
and  January  and  April,  1832.      3  nos.  8vo,  wrappers. 

Boston,  1831-32 

*  The  numbers  for  1S32  have  acknowledged  articles  by  Longfellow; 
in  that  for  1831,  an  article  on  the  French  Language  maybe  by  him. 

453.  MANUEL  DE  PROVERBES  DRAMAT- 
IQUES.  Seconde  Edition.  i2mo,  original  half  cloth  and 
boards,  with  the  original  label  (name  on  title). 

Boston:   Gray  et  Bowen,  1832 

*  Second  edition,  with  additions  and  the  leaf  of  errata.  Two  of 
the  pieces  were  omitted  in  the  third  edition. 

WITH  UNPUBLISHED  LETTER  FROM   LONGFELLOW, 
RELATING  TO  IT. 

454.  SAGGI  DE'NOVELLIERI  ITALIANI  d'Ogni 
Secolo.     1 2mo,  original  cloth  and  label  intact,  top  edge  uncut. 

Boston:   Gray  et  Bowen,  1832 

*  With  preface  in  Italian  (2  pp.)  by  Longfellow,  and  leaf  of 
errata.  The  Arnold  copy  with  book-label,  also  book-label  of  Isaiah 
Dole.  Fine,  and  unusually  tall  copy.  Laid  in  is  a  long, 
unpublished  letter  from  Longfellow,  three  pages,  4to,  dated  Bow- 
doin,  July  6,  1832,  written  partly  in  French,  in  which  he  says  speak- 
ing of  the  above :  "  '  Saggi  de  Novellini  Italiani  '  ivill  appear  immedi- 
ately, and  the  second  edition  of  ^  Proverhes  Dramatiqites'  is  actually 
off  the  press.  I  will  send  you  copies  of  both  as  soon  as  published,  as 
well  as  my  '  Italian  Grammar .  .  ."  The  book  was  probably  published 
early  in  July,  as  the  Bowdoin  College  Library  contains  a  copy  with 
inscription  dated  July,  1832. 

455.  SYLLABUS  DE  LA  GRAMMAIRE  ITALI- 
ENNE.  Par  H.  W.  Longfellow.  i2mo,  original  red  cloth 
and  paper  label.      Totally  uncut. 

Boston:  Gray  et  Bowen,  1832 

*  The  very  rare  first  issue  of  the  First  Edition,  with  the 
error  on  the  advertisement  leaf,  and  with  no  errata  slip  at  the  end. 
Later  issues  have  the  advertisement  entirely  reset  with  other  cor- 
rections, including  a  slip  of  errata. 

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456.  SYLLABUS  DE  LA  GRAMMAIRE  ITALI- 
ENNE.  First  issue  of  the  First  Edition,  with  the 
"  points  "  of  the  above,  and  having  a  line  under  "  Bowdoin- 
College  "  on  the  title-page.  This  copy  has  the  edges  cut  as 
issued.       i2mo,  original  black  cloth. 

Boston:  Gray  et  Bowen,  1832 

457.   The  same.    i2mo,  original  cloth  and  paper  label, 

totally  UNCUT.  BostOH :  Gray  et  Bowen,  1832 

*  Second  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  the  errata  slip  at  the  end. 
The  original  advertisement  page  has  been  removed  by  some  former 
owner,  but  a  copy  of  the  corrected  page  has  been  inserted  in  its  place. 

458.  THE  TOKEN:  a  Christmas  and  New  Year's  Pres- 
ent. Edited  by  S.  G.  Goodrich.  Illustrations.  i2mo,  orig- 
inal embossed  roan,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:  Gray  and  Bowen,  1832 

*  Contains  "  The  Indian  Summer,"  a  story  by  L[ongfeIIovv]. 

459-    COPLAS    DE    DON    JORGE     MANRIQUE. 

Translated  from  the  Spanish;  with  an  Introductory  Essay  on 
the  Moral  and  Devotional  Poetry  of  Spain,  By  Henry  W. 
Longfellow.  i2mo,  original  cloth  and  with  part  of  the  orig- 
inal label.  Boston:  Allen  and  Ticknor,  1833 

*  Fine  copy.  Rare.  The  first  separate  i'uhlication  of  the 
Poet,  containing  2  sonnets:  "Nature  and  Art,"  and  "  The  Two 
Harvests,"  from  the  Spanish  of  Francisco  de  Medrano  that  have 
never  been  reprinted.  Longfellow  also  wrote  the  preface  (4  pp). 
Of  the  sale  of  the  book,  Longfellow  wrote  to  Green:  "  I  am  to  have 
half  the  profits — if  there  may  be  any — in  books  from  the  publishers^ 
store!  " 

OUTRE-MER  IN  WRAPPERS,  WITH  AN  UNPUBLISHED  LETTER 
RELATING  TO  IT. 

460.  OUTRE-MER:  A  Pilgrimage  |  Beyond  the  Sea.  | 
No.  I,  I  (Quotation,  6  lines)  |  Boston:  |  Hilliard,  Gray  &  Co. 
I  M  DCCC  XXXIII.  No.  II.  I  (Quotation,  6  lines)  |  Bos- 
ton: I  Lilly,  Wait,  and  Company.  |  M  DCCC  XXXIV. 
8vo,  No.  I  in  the  original  marbled  printed  wrappers, 
uncut.  No.  II  in  the  original  blue  printed  wrappers, 
uncut.  The  date  "  1833"  has  been  added  in  ink  on  the  title 
of  Part  I,  underneath  the  Roman  numerals.     Boston,  1833-34 

*  Possibly  the  finest  copy  in  existence,  both  volumes 
being  almost  as  fresh  as  on  the  day  of  issue.     extremely 

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RARE    IN    ANY    CONDITION.        SiZE    OF    NuMBER    I,    Q^  X  5J^    inches; 

No.  II,  9  15/16  X  6  inches.  In  comparison  with  the  ordinary 
measurements  of  this  work,  it  may  be  assumed  that  Part  II  (and 
perhaps  both  parts)  may  be  Large  Paper  copies.  Each  volume 
is  laid  loosely  in  a  half  crimson  morocco  case,  lettered  on  the  side, 
and  both  enclosed  in  a  full  crimson  levant  morocco  solander  case, 
richly  tooled,  by  Bradstreets. 
Laid  in  is  a  long  four-page  letter  from  Longfellow  to 
.  Geo.  W.  Greene,  hitherto  unpublished,  in  which  he  says, 
relating  to  this  book  : 

"  Bo'wdoin  College,  July  16,  iSjj. 
Last  week  I  sent  you  by  mail  the  Jirst  number  of  '  Outre- Afer.' 
I  do  not  yet  know  how  the  book  will  succeed  zuith  the  public  as  it  is 
just  published  and  I  have  not  heard  from  my  booksellers.  No.  2  will 
be  put  forth  some  time  in  autumn.  I  have  also  another  little  book 
in  the  press,  a  translation  of  the  Coplas  de  Don  Jorge  Manrique — the 
original  to  be  printed  with  the  translation...  Is  it  (s\c)  printing  in 
Boston.  Well — and  ivhat  do  you  suppose  the  profits  of  this  writing 
and  printing  to  be? — -A  mere  nothing:  I  do  maintain  that  the  ptiblish 
ers  of  our  country  are  as  niggardly  a  set  as  ever  strapped  fingers  at 
a  poor  devil  author.  If  the  luhole  edition  of  Outre- Mer,  No.  i,  sells, 
I  shall  make  fifty  dollars.  Of  the  other  book  {Coplas  de  Don  Jorge 
Manriqtie)  I  am  to  have  half  the  profits — if  there  are  any — in  books 
from  the  publishers'  store.     Prodigiously  encouraging!" 

PRESENTATION  COPY. 

461.  OUTRE-MER:  A  Pilgrimage  beyond  the  Sea. 
2  vols,  in  I.  8vo,  old  half  calf.  Boston:  Hilliard,  Gray 
and  Co.,   1833,  and  Boston:   Lilly,  Wait  and  Co.,  1833-1834. 

*  A  COPY  of  the  highest  association  interest,  being  a 
presentation  copy  from  Longfellow  to  his  friend  George 
Washington  Greene,  with  inscription  in  his  autograph: 
"George  W.  Greene,  with  author's  best  regards,  Brunswick, 
May  31,  1834."  Enclosed  in  a  full  crimson  levant  morocco  solander 
case,  richly  tooled  by  Bradstreets.  This  copy  measures  %%  inches  x 
5  3/16  inches. 

462.  OUTRE-MER:  A  Pilgrimage  beyond  the  Sea. 
No.  II.  8vo,  original  blue  boards,  and  with  the  paper  label 
(some  pages  stained),  Boston:   Lilly,  Wait  and  Co.,  1834 

*  Rare  in  boards.     Measures  2)}4  inches  x  ^%  inches. 

463.  OUTRE-MER  :  A  Pilgrimage  beyond  the  Sea, 
2  vols.  i2mo,  original  green  embossed  cloth,  with  32  pp.  ad- 
vertisements in  Vol.  I.      New  York:   Harper  and  Bros.,  1835 

*  First  complete  edition.  The  new  material  in  this  edition  con- 
sists of  two  chapters  in  Vol.  i  and  the  whole  of  Vol.  2. 

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464.  THE  BOSTON  BOOK.  Being  Specimens  of 
Metropolitan  Literature.  [Edited  by  H.  T.  Tuckerman.] 
(With  Poems  by  Longfellow,  Holmes,  Whittier,  etc.)  Vignette 
title.      i2mo,  original  cloth  (somewhat  spotted). 

Boston:   Light  &  Horton,  1836 

465.  THE  PORTLAND  SKETCH  BOOK.  Edited 
by  Mrs.  Ann  S.  Stephens.  Vignette  of  '"''  Diamond  Cove,  Port- 
land Harbour"  on  title.      i2mo,  original  embossed  cloth. 

Portland:  Colman  and  Chisholm,  1836 

*  Contains  the  poem  "  The  Village  of  Auteuil,"  by  Longfellow; 
also  sketches  by  N.  P.  Willis  and  others. 

466.  BOWDOIN    PORTFOLIO,    MDCCCXXXIX, 

conducted  by  the  Undergraduates   of   the    Bowdoin    College. 
8  numbers.      8vo,  original  wrappers  (various  colors),  uncut. 
Brunswick:   Press  of  Joseph  Griffin  [1839] 

*  All  issued.  Fine  copy.  Very  rare  in  this  state.  With 
name  D.  R.  Goodwin  on  several  wrappers.  Contains  "  Leaves 
from  '  Hyperion,'  an  Unpublished  Romance,  by  Prof.  Henry  W. 
Longfellow,"  which  was  published  in  book  form  a  few  weeks  later. 
Three  of  the  numbers  contain  articles  on  American  Poetry  with  ref- 
erences to  and  selections  from  Bryant,  Longfellow,  Whittier,  Holmes 
and  others. 


WITH  IMPORTANT  UNPUBLISHED  LETTER  SHOWING  WHAT 
LONGFELLOW  HIMSELF  THOUGHT   OF   "HYPERION." 

467.  HYPERION:  A  ROMANCE,  by  the  Author  of 
"  Outre-Mer. "  2  vols.  8vo,  original  boards  and  paper  labels, 
uncut  (recased  and  slight  tear,  neatly  repaired,  on  half  title 
of  Vol.  I).  New  York:  Samuel  Colman,  1839 

*  A    VERY    FINE    COPY,    ALMOST    AS     FRESH     AS     ON     THE     DAY    OF 

ISSUE:    the   first  of  Longfellow's   works  written   in   his   Cambridge 
home — in  the  Washington  chamber  of  Craigie  House. 

Laid  in  is  an  important  autograph  letter  signed,  show- 
ing WHAT  Longfellow  himself  thought  of  "Hyperion,"  to 
George  W.  Greene,  dated  Cambridge,  Oct.  i,  1839,  2  pp.  4to  [unpub- 
lished] : 

"/  have  been  rending  asunder  some  of  the  Boston  cob^vebs  of 
prejudice  .  .  .  by  publishifig  a  strange  kind  of  a  book  7vhich  I  have 
the  audacity  to  call  a  Romance.  .  .  .  The  Boston  papers  are  very 
savage,  and  abuse  vie  shockingly:  for  all  of  7vhich  I  aju  very  glad; 
inastnuch  as  it  proves  to  me  that  (he  book  is  good.   .   .    .  It  has  had  a 

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_/?«if  run  and  a  large  edition  sold  in  a  few  weeks.  I  have  now  in 
Press  a  volume  of  poems,  tinder  title  ^  Voices  of  the  Night,'  contain- 
ing  all  I  have  written  since  my  residence  here — some  of  my  earlier 
pieces  and  sotne  translations.  .  .  .  Hyperion  is  as  mtich  a  Romance 
as  Childe  Harold  or  the  Roman  de  la  Rose.  .  .  . 

I  shall  sefid  yon  a  copy  of  the  book  as  soon  as  I  can  find  an 
opportunity." 

On  the  same  letter-sheet  is  a  note  from  Jared  Sparks  to  Greene 
about  a  life  of  Gen.  Greene.  The  latter  had  evidently  sent  this  to 
Longfellow  to  read  and  comment  on,  as  the  first  part  of  Longfel- 
low's letter  is  filled  with  such  allusions. 

468.  VOICES    OF    THE    NIGHT.       i2mo,    original 
boards  and  paper  label,  uncut.     Cambridge:  John  Owen,  1839 

*  Longfellow's  first  volume  of  poems.  The  first  edition 
was  printed  from  type,  the  later  editions  were  "to  be  stereotyped." 
Rare  in  the  original  boards,  uncut.  Contains  "  The  Psalm 
of  Life,"  "The  Reaper  and  the  Flowers,"  and  six  other  poems, 
some  of  which  had  appeared  in  the  Knickerbocker  Magazine  ;  also, 
seven  earlier  poems,  "An  April  Day,"  "Hymn  of  the  Moravian 
Nuns  at  Bethlehem,"  etc.,  all  of  which  were  composed  before  the 
author  was  nineteen.     Autograph  of  H.  M.  Ticknor  on  fly-leaf. 

469.   The  same.     Third  Edition.     Royal  8vo,  original 

glazed  boards,  totally  uncut,  with  new  cloth  back. 

Cambridge:  John  Owen,  1840 

*  Large  Paper  copy.  Very  rare.  This  (the  third)  edition  was 
entirely  reset,  and  contains  many  corrections.  In  a  letter  written  on 
Dec.  20,  1840,  by  the  author  to  his  father  he  says:  '■'■  My  third  edi- 
tio7i  (of  the  Voices)  is  published,  and  is  quite  superb.  .  .  .  The  fourth 
is  now  printing — the  third,  a  large-paper  edition,  beitig  only  tivo 
hundred  and  fifty  copies,"  etc. 

470.   The    same.      Eighth    Edition,    original    boards, 

1843;  Tenth  Edition,  original  illuminated  wrappers,  1844; 
Twelfth  Edition,  original  boards  and  label,  1848.  3  vols. 
i2mo,  all  uncut.  Cambridge,  1843-4-8 

471.  MANUEL   DE   PROVERBES   DRAMA- 

TIQUE3.  Troisieme  Edition.  [Edited,  with  a  Preface,, 
by  Longfellow.]      i2mo,  original  cloth  and  label.      Fine  copy. 

Boston:   Munroe  et  Compagnie,  1840 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label. 

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WITH  LONGFELLOW'S  AUTOGRAPH  CORRECTIONS. 

472.  POEMS  ON  SLAVERY  [with  Autograph 
changes].  i2mo,  original  glazed  yellow  wrappers  (back 
soiled  and  one  missing),  pp.  31,  followed  by  four  leaves  of 
advertisement,  front  and  top  edges  cut,  bottom  edges  uncut. 

Cambridge:  John  Owen,  1842 

*  First  Edition.  The  copy  corrected  by  Longfellow,  and 
used  by  the  printers  as  the  "copy"  for  the  New  York  Edition  of 
Longfellow's  Poems  published  by  Harper's  in  1846,  and  referred  to 
(by  Longfellow,  Feb.  4,  1846),  as  "a  cheap  edition  in  one  vol  dbl 
col's"  These  "Poems  on  Slavery"  had  been  omitted  from  the 
Phila.  1845  Edition,  for  which  Longfellow  was  severely  criticized. 

His  autograph  corrections  in  this  copy  [for  Harper's  use],  which 
was  stereotyped  and  printed  by  A/etcalf  &>  Co.,  Cambridge,  are  as 
follows: 

The  addition  of  four  words  and  a  date  in  the  note  on  p.  [6],  accu- 
rately followed  by  the  printers  in  the  new  issue,  p.  52 ; 

The  cancellation  by  Longfellow  of  the  quotation  from  Massinger 
on  p.  [7]  ;  and 

A  pencilled  library  endorsement  on  p.  [4]  that  this  copy  was  the 
'■' gift  of  E.  Mctcalf  &=  Co.  of  Cambridge." 

473.  POEMS  ON  SLAVERY,  ismo,  original  glazed 
wrappers,  uncut,  with  advertisements  (7  pp.),  Cambridge, 
John  Owen,  1842;  Second  Edition  of  the  same  in  the  original 
glazed  wrappers  uncut,  with  the  7  pages  of  advertisements, 
printed  on  slightly  thicker  paper  than  the  First  Edition, 
Cambridge,  John  Owen,  1842;  and  the  the  rare  pamphlet 
containing  seven  of  the  "  Poems"  reprinted  by  the  New 
England  Anti-Slavery  Association,  8  pp.,  no  cover,  but  title  at 
top  of  Page  T  as  follows:  "Tract  No.  i.  Poems  on  Slavery. 
By  H.  W.  Longfellow  "  [1843?].      (s  pieces.) 

*  Three  very  rare  items:  Enclosed  in  a  full  crimson  morocco 
solander  case,  richly  tooled,  by  Bradstreet.  Mr.  Chamberlain  noted 
21  variations  in  punctuation  in  the  editions,  with  a  textual  difference 
in  the  third  verse  of  "  The  Quadroon  Girl,"  where  "Reached"  is 
misprinted  "  Reach,"  and  his  notes  to  this  effect  are  laid  in. 

474.  BALLADS  AND  OTHER  POEMS.  i2mo, 
original  glazed  boards,  rebacked  with  cloth,  uncut. 

Cambridge:  Published  by  John  Owen,  1842 

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475-   BALLADS     AND     OTHER    POEMS.      Third 
Edition.       Royal    8vo,   original    glazed   boards,    with  paper 

LABEL    UNCUT,    AND     MAINLY    UNOPENED. 

Cambridge:   Published  by  John  Owen,  1842 

*  Fine  copy  on  Large  Paper.  Contains  "  The  Skeleton  in 
Armor,"  "  The  Wreck  of  the  Hesperus,"  "  The  Village  Blacksmith," 
and  others.      Large  paper  copies  in  fine  condition  (like  the  above)  are 

VERY  RARE. 

476.  THE  SPANISH  STUDENT.     A  Play  in  Three 
Acts.      i2mo,  original  boards,  with  paper  label,  uncut. 

Cambridge:  John  Owen,  1843 

*FiNE  COPY.     Rare  in  boards,  uncut.     Enclosed  in  solander 

case,  of  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  richly  tooled,  by  Bradstreets. 

477.   The  same.      i2mo,  original  glazed   boards   and 

paper  label,  uncut.  Cambridge:  John  Owen,  1843 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label.  Fine  copy.  '■" Abby  Fiske, 
from  her  friend,  C.  B.   Tilden,  Nov.  28,  1S4J,"  on  half  title. 

478.   The    same.      Sixth    Edition.      i2mo.      Original 

illuminated  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  183. 

*FiNE  COPY.  Cambridge:  John  Owen,  1844 

479.  THE  WAIF.    A  Collection  of  Poems.     i2mo,  origi- 
nal illuminated  wrappers,  uncut.  Cambridge :  John  Owen,  1845 

*  Rare.  With  the  exception  of  a  few  pages  being  spotted,  a  very 
FINE  COPY,  with  the  wrappers  intact.  Edited  by  Longfellow,  who 
contributed  the  Poem,  "  The  Day  is  Done." 

480.  POEMS.     With  illustrations  by  D.  Huntington.    Thick 
8vo,  full  morocco,  richly  tooled  on  back  and  sides,  gilt  edges. 

Philadelphia:   Carey  &  Hart,  1845 

*  Contains  a  fine  portrait  of  the  author.  Nineteen  poems  appear  for 
the  first  time  in  this  volume.  They  were  afterwards  included  in  the 
"Belfry  of  Bruges  and  other  Poems."  The  "Poems  of  Slavery" 
are  not  included  in  this  volume. 

481.  THE  POETS  AND  POETRY  OF  EUROPE. 

With  Introductions  and  Biographical  Notices.  By  Henry 
Wadsworth  Longfellow.  Portrait  of  Schiller  and  engraved  title 
{tvhich  contains  numerous  views,  etc.).  Thick  royal  8vo,  original 
cloth,  gilt.  Philadelphia:  Carey  &  Hart,  1845 

*  This  collection  of  poems,  consisting  of  selections  from  a  large 
number  of  European  poets,  contains  biographical  introductions  by 
Longfellow,  who  made  many  of  the  translations.  This  is  the  first 
issue  printed  by  Metcalf  &  Co.  of  Cambridge,  where  the  author  lived 
at  the  time  of  publication.  The  second  edition  (also  dated  1845)  was 
printed  by  T.  K.  Collins  of  Philadelphia. 

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482.  THE  BELFRY  OF  BRUGES  and  other  Poems. 
lamo,  original   illuminated  wrappers,  uncut. 

Cambridge:  Published  by  John  Owen,  1846 

*  Choice  COPY.      Rare.     The  wrappers  are  dated  1S45. 

483.  THE  POEMS  OF  HENRY  WADSWORTH 
LONGFELLOW.  Complete  in  one  volume.  8vo,  half 
calf,  gilt,  UNCUT.  New  York:   Harper  &  Brothers,   1846 

*  Fine  copy.  The  Foote  copy,  with  bookplate,  engraved  by  E.  D. 
French.  Contains  the  Poems  on  Slavery  omitted  from  a  later  issue 
of  this  edition. 

484.  OUTRE-MER:  A  Pilgrimage  beyond  the  Sea. 
i2mo,  original  cloth,  with  pp.  3-4  of  the  advertisements. 

Boston:  William  D.  Ticknor  and  Co.,  1846 

*  Revised  and  altered  edition. 

485.  THE  ESTRAY:  A  Collection  of  Poems,  izmo, 
original  boards,  rebacked  with  cloth,  some  pages  uncut,  with 
the  4  pages  of  advertisements,  dated  Jan.   i,  1847. 

Boston:  William  D.  Ticknor  &  Co.,  1847 

*  Edited  by  Longfellow,  who  wrote  the  Proem.  Contains  poems  by 
Whittier,  Lowell,  Emerson,  Bryant  and  others.  There  was  also  an 
issue  in  illuminated  wrappers.     [See  next  lot.] 

486.  The  same;  with  the  four  pages  of  advertise- 
ments. In  the  original  illuminated  wrappers,  uncut  (wrap- 
pers a  little  worn  and  library  stamp  on  title). 

Boston:   William   D.    Ticknor  &  Co.,  1847 

487.  EVANGELINE:  A  Tale  of  Acadie.  i2mo,  origi- 
nal glazed  boards,  rebacked  with  cloth,  uncut,  and  with 
nearly  all  of  the  original  paper  label,  with  advertisements, 
4  pp.,  dated  October  i,  1847. 

Boston:  William  D.  Ticknor  &  Co.,  1847 

*  Genuine  First  Issue,  with  all  the  "  points."  Laid  in  is  a 
MS.  note  by  Mr.  Chamberlain,  with  reference  to  copies  of  the  first 
edition  that  he  liad  examined,  with  interesting  comments.  Written 
on  title  is:  "  of  Boston  .  .  .  Bu7tis(on.  7'o  H.  G  Kinnerd,  Boston, 
2nd  Novefnber,  1S47."  Enclosed  in  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco 
solander  case,  by  Bradstreets. 

488.   The  same.      Second,  Third  and   Sixth  Editions. 

3  vols.  i2mo,  original   boards,  uncut    (one    rebacked  and  one 
back  missing).  Boston:  Ticknor,  1848 

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489.  THE  MODERN  PULPIT:  A  Sermon  preached  at 
the  Ordination  of  Samuel  Longfellow,  at  Fall  River,  Mass. , 
February  i6th,  1848.  By  John  Weiss.  With  the  Right  Hand 
of  Fellowship  and  Address  to  the  Society.  8vo,  original 
wrappers,  pp.  36  (piece  torn  from  front  wrapper). 

Fall  River:    Printed  by  Henry  Pratt,  1848 

*  Fine  copy.  Scarce.  Contains  an  original  hymn  written  for 
the  occasion  by  Longfellow,  "Christ  to  the  young  man  said;  'Yet 
one  thing  more.'"  From  Longfellow's  Journal,  Vol.  2,  p.  109: 
"  S{amuel)  retur^ied  from  Portland.  Read  to  him  the  chant  I 
■wrote  for  his  ordination  .  .  .  a  midnight  thought.  He  likes  it,  and 
will  hear  it  sung." 

PRESENTATION   COPY    FROM    LONGFELLOW. 

490.  KAVANAGH:  A  Tale.  i2mo,  original  brown 
cloth,  uncut.  Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1849 

*  A    COPY    OF    SPECIAL     INTEREST,     BEING   A    PRESENTATION     COPY 

TO  Theodore  S.  Fay  (author  of  "  Norman  Leslie"),  with  inscrip- 
tion IN  Longfellow's  autograph:  "  Theodore  S.  Fay,  Esq., 
WITH  THE  regards  OF  THE  AUTHOR,  May,  1849."  The  first  issue 
of  the  first  edition  without  the  publisher's  list  in  front.  The  above 
and  the  three  following  copies  of  the  same  work  are  all  different 
issues  of  the  first  edition. 

491.   The  same,    with    variations   on   pp.    25,    96  and 

132.      i2mo,  original  brown  cloth,  top  edges  uncut. 

Boston,  1849 

492.   The    same,   with  variations  on   pp.  180  and  188, 

the  last  line  of  p.  173  ending  "To  Cecilia,"  and  the  pub- 
lisher's list  dated  May  i,  1849.  i2mo,  original  brown  cloth, 
uncut.  Boston,  1849 

493.   The  same,    with  variations  on   pp.  173  and  188, 

and  with  the  4  pp.  of  advertisements  dated  May  i,  1849. 
i2mo,  original  brown  cloth,  uncut.  Boston,   1849 

494-  THE  POEMS  OF  HENRY  WADSWORTH 

LONGFELLOW.  Complete  in  one  volume.  Vignette  on 
title.     8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut. 

New  York:  Harper  &  Bros.,  1849 

*  Fine  copy.     Contains,  in  addition  to  the  poems  in  the  edition  of 
1846,  "  Evangeline,"  now  first  issued  with  other  poems. 

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495.  POEMS.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth,  top  edges 
uncut  and  some  pp.  unopened,  the  4  pp.  of  advertisements, 
dated  March  i,  1850.     Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1850 

*  New  edition  of  the  collected  poems,  containing  "The  Seaside 
and  the  Fireside."  Several  typographical  errors  in  this  edition  were 
corrected  in  later  issues. 

496.  THE  BOSTON  BOOK:  being  Specimens  of  Metro- 
politan Literature  (with  poems  by  Longfellow,  Whittier, 
Holmes,  and  a  Sketch  by  Emerson),  Vignette  title.  i2mo, 
original  cloth  (one  signature  loose). 

Boston:   Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  1850 

PRESENTATION   COPY    TO   MISS    SEDGWICK. 

497.  THE  SEASIDE  AND  THE  FIRESIDE.  i2mo, 
original  boards,  paper  label,  and  4  pp.  of  advts.,  uncut. 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1850 

*  First  Issue.  Rare  in  boards,  uncut.  Presentation  copy 
FROM  the  author  TO  CATHERINE  Maria  Sedgwick  (author  of 
"  Hope  Leslie  "  and  other  popular  American  stories),  with  inscrip- 
tion IN  Longfellow's  autograph:  "  Miss  Catherine  M. 
Sedgwick,  with  the  author's  regards  and  best  wishes. 
December  25,  1849." 

498.  THE  SEASIDE  AND  THE  FIRESIDE.  i2mo, 
original  brown  cloth,  uncut.  With  advertisements,  4  pp., 
dated  Oct.  i,  1849.    Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1850 

*  This,  the  first  issue,  contains  words  at  pp.  25,  76,  etc.,  that  were 
altered  in  later  issues. 

PRESENTATION  COPY. 

499.  THE  GOLDEN  LEGEND.  Vignette  on  title. 
i2mo,  original  cloth  (worn),  and  4  pp.  advertisements,  dated 
Oct.,  1851.  Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1851 

*  Presentation  copy,  with  inscription:  "  From  the  Author  " 
IN  Longfellow's  autograph. 

500.  THE  GOLDEN  LEGEND.  i2mo,  original  cloth, 
uncut.  Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  185 1 

501.  THE  SONG  OF  HIAWATHA.  i2mo,  original 
brown  cloth,  top  edges,  uncut,  others  rough. 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1855 

*  Contains  the  advertisements,  12  pp.,  dated  Nov.,  1855.  Pp. 
314-316  contain  a  vocabulary. 

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PRESENTATION  COPY  TO  G.  W.  GREENE. 

502.  THE  SONG  OF  HIAWATHA.  Portrait  of  the 
author  engraved  by  Henry  W.  Smith.  8vo,  original  blue  cloth 
gilt,  gilt  edges.  Boston:    Ticknor  and  Fields,  1856 

*  Large  Paper  copy  and  of  special  association  interest, 

BEING  AN  autograph  PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  THE  AUTHOR  TO 
G.  W.  Greene  (grandson  of  Major-General  Greene,  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary Army,  and  author  of  the  standard  life  of  Major-Gen. 
Greene,  which    is  dedicated  to  Longfellow),    with  inscription  in 

HIS    AUTOGRAPH    AS    FOLLOWS:    "  G.   W.   GREENE    FROM    HeNRY  W. 

Longfellow,  October  10,  1863."  This  edition  is  scarce,  not  in 
the  Arnold,  Foote  and  other  important  collections. 

503.  POEMS.  Complete  in  two  volumes  (including 
'•  Ttie  Golden  Legend  "  and  "  Hiawatha  ").  Portrait.  2  vols. 
32mo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges.  "Blue  and  Gold" 
Series.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1857 

504.  PROSE  WORKS  (including  "Driftwood").  Por- 
trait. 2  vols.  32mo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges.  "Blue  and 
Gold  "  Series.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1857 

505.  THE  COURTSHIP  OF  MILES  STANDISH, 

and  other  Poems.  i2mo,  original  brown  cloth.  With  the 
advertisements  of  11  pp.,  fore  edges  of  some  leaves  uncut. 
Fine  COPY.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1858 

*  Laid  in  is  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  Longfellow  referring  to  it. 

506.  GIFTS  OF  GENIUS.  A  Miscellany  of  Prose  and 
Verse  by  American  Authors.  i2mo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges 
(poor  copy).  New  York:  C.  A.  Davenport  [1859] 

*  Contains  the  original  appearance  of  "  My  Secret"  by  Longfel- 
low; also,  original  poems  by  Aldrich,  Holmes,  Lowell,  and  others. 
The  preface  was  written  (and  signed)  by  Bryant. 

AN  UNKNOWN  ISSUE    OF  THE    NEW  ENGLAND  TRAGEDY  IN 
PROSE,  WITH  UNPUBLISHED  LETTER. 

507.  THE  I  NEW  ENGLAND  TRAGEDY.  |  BOS- 
TON:  I  TICKNOR    AND    FIELDS.   |  M  DCCC  LX. 

[i860].        I2mO,   SHEETS,    FOLDED     AND  UNTRIMMED.        EncloSCd 

in  a  case  made  to  represent  a  volume  beautifully  bound  in 
full  crimson  crushed  levant,  elaborately  gilt  tooled  on  the 
sides  with  broad  gold  borders  and  center-piece,  ornamental 
back,    broad   inside    dentelle    borders,    leather  joints,   corn- 

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colored  watered-silk  double  and  end  papers,  solid  gold  edges, 
by  Bradstreets.  This  exquisite  case  in  turn  preserved  in  a 
handsome  solander  case  of  the  same  color  of  morocco  gilt; 
the  whole  an  original  idea  of  Mr.  Chamberlain,  who  had 
this  and  Poe's  "  Al  Aaraaf "  similarly  cased  in  order  to 
preserve  them  properly  as  well  as  to  accentuate  their  ex- 
treme rarity. 

*NOT    PUBLISHED.       ThIS    AND    THE    COPY  IN    THE    LONGFELLOW 

Library  are  the  only  copies  known  of  "  The  New  England 
Tragedy  "  in  prose — the  first  form  of  the  two  Tragedies 
kept  unpublished  until  1868,  and  then  sent  out  under  the 
altered  title  "John  Endicott  "  instead  of  "  Wen  lock 
Christison."  It  is  here  printed  as  first  written,  in  prose, 
and  was  entirely  rewritten  and  cast  into  verse  before 
publication  in  1868.  It  finally  formed  the  first  portion  of  Part  III 
of  the  "  Christus." 

Collation:  Title,  p.  (i);  p.  (ii),  blank;  "  Dramatis  persons,  p.  (iii); 
p.  (iv),  blank;  text,  p.  (i)-i30.  Size  of  leaf,  untrimmed,  7^  by  4^ 
inches.  Heading  throughout  "  Wenlock  Christison."  Laid  in  is  a 
four-page  letter  from  Longfellow  to  Greene,  dated  "  Cam- 
bridge, Feb.  7,  1S68,"  in  which  he  says:  "  /  have  been  working 
very  hard  this  last  week,  and  have  almost  re-written  the  '  New  Eng- 
land Tragedy'  in  verse.  Only  tivo  or  tlu-ee  scenes  remain.  It  is 
greatly  improved,  though  it  is  not  yet  what  J  mean  it  shall  be  .  .  ." 
[Unpublished.] 

The  following  extracts  from  his  Journal  relate  to  it: 
"Aug.  27,  1857:  Finished  this  morning  first  rough  draft  of  Wenlock 

Christison." 
"  Aug.   27,    1858:  I    am    now    going   to    try    a   scene   in  Wenlock 

Christison.     I  write,  accordingly,  scene  second  of  act  first." 
"  Mch.  14,  1859:  Fields  came  out  and  I  read  him  two  acts  of  Wen- 
lock Christison,  with  which  I  do  not  think  he  was  much  struck." 
The  drama  was  probably  put  in  type  in  June,  i860,  and  a 
very  few  copies  printed  to  be  left  apparently  almost  un- 
noticed   FOR   nearly   eight   YEARS. 

[See  Reproduction.] 

508.  THE  SHIP  OF  STATE.  BROADSIDE 
POEM  of  22  lines,  issued  by  the  Loyal  National  League  at 
the  Sumter  Mass  Meeting,  April  11,  1863,  at  Union  Square 
[New  York].      Royal  8vo. 

New  York:  Office  of  the  Rebellion  Record  [1863] 
*  Very  rare.     The  last  22  lines  of  "  The  Building  of  the  Ship  " 
collected  in  "  The  Seaside  and  the  Fireside,"  1850. 
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NEW  ENGLAND    TRAGEDY. 


BOSTON: 
TICK  NOR     AND     FIELDS 


M  DCCC  LX. 


[See  No.  507.] 


1 


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I 


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O  E  L 


L' Academic  en  respect, 
Nonobstant  I'incorrection, 
A  la  faveur  du  sujet, 

Ture-lure, 
N'y  fera  point  de  rature  ; 
Noel  !  ture-lure-lure. 

Gui-Barozai. 


CAMBRIDGE 

1864 


[See  No.  510.] 


Morks  of  IFDcnrp  Ma&3Wortb  Xongfellow 

509.  TALES  OF  A  WAYSIDE  INN.  Engraved  title. 
i2mo,  original  cloth,  some  edges  uncut.  With  the  advertise- 
ments of  22  pp.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1863 

THE   COPY   SENT  BY  LONGFELLOW   TO   AGASSIZ    WITH    THE 
"BOTTLES  OF  WINE." 

510.  NOEL.  i2mo,  8  pp.,  full  crimson  straight-grained 
morocco,  inside  gilt  borders,  by  the  Club  Bindery. 

Cambridge:   [Privately  Printed],  1864 

*  Presentation  Copy.  Only  a  small  number  privately 
PRINTED  AND  VERY  RARE  [only  5  copies  kiiown].  On  Christmas, 
1864,  Longfellow  wrote  this  little  poem  in  French  to  Agassiz  and 
sent  it  to  him  with  a  few  bottles  of  wine,  which  were  impersonated  in 
the  poem  as  pilgrims  from  beyond  the  sea,  bringing  a  Christmas 
greeting  to  the  master  of  the  house.  This  is  the  identical  copy 
so  SENT,  as  it  bears  ON  THE  TITLE  [in  pencil]  ''F7'om  Longfellow 
by  L' Agassiz  "  in  the  hand  of  the  latter.  It  would  be  difficult  to  find 
a  volume  of  greater  Association  interest. 

Inserted  is  an  eight-page  letter  from  Longfellow  to 
Greene,  dated  Dec.  27,  1864  [initialled],  mainly  concerning  his 
translation  of  Dante,  in  which  he  says:  "  I  send  you  a  '  iVoel'  -which 
I  wrote  the  other  day  to  go  with  so?>ie  bottles  of  wine  to  Agassiz.  As 
they  tell  their  own  story,  I  xuill  not  tell  it  for  them  here.  I  hope  it 
will  amuse  you  as  much  in  reading  as  it  did  tne  in  writing."  A 
short  letter  from  Agassiz,  his  signature  and  a  small  portrait  inserted, 
as  well. 

[See  Reproduction.] 

511.  HOUSEHOLD  POEMS.  With  illustrations  by 
John  Gilbert,  Birket  Foster  and  John  Absolon.  24mo,  original 
wrappers.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1865 

*  The  poems  "The  Bridge  of  Cloud,"  "Palingenesis"  and 
"  Christmas  Bells"  appear  in  this  volume  for  the  first  time  in  book 
form.      They  were  afterwards  included  in   "  Flower  de  Luce." 

512.  A  SHORT  MANUSCRIPT  ENTIRELY  IN 
THE  HAND  OF  LONGFELLOW,  ENTITLED 

''  From  a  Romance  soon  to  be  issued  by  Ticknor  6^  Fields^''  dated 
Nov.  3,  1866,  unsigned. 

*  A  delightful  little  extravaganza  of  which  Longfellow  himself  is 
the  subject.  Apparently  unpublished  and  written  by  Longfellow  for 
the  purpose  of  cheering  Geo.  W.  Greene  in  one  of  his  times  of 
despondency.  He  describes  an  evening  spent  alone,  at  Craigie  Hall, 
in  the  following  way: 

"  The  Cavalier e  di  San  Lazzaro  sat  alone  in  the  banquet  hall  of 
Castle    Craigie  .  .  .   The    repast    was    one    that   Brillat-  Savarin    or 
Lucullus  might  have  eiivied  .  .  .   The  first  dish  was  of  scollops,  sent 
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fro7n  the  Island  of  Rhodes  [Greene  lived  in  Rhode  Island]  by  the 
Knight  of  the  Green  Mantle,  who  religiously  kept  the  shells  to  show 
that  he  had  been  in  the  land  of  Outre-mer  .  .  .  he  drank  a  goblet  of 
delicious  wine  of  Trinacria  and  silently  proceeded  with  his  solitary 
repast .  .  .  a  humble  sausage,  a  glass  of  claret  from  whose  parent 
stock  Montaigne,  Sire  D'Eyqtiem  or  Huon  de  Bordeaux  may  have 
eaten  grapes.  .  .  .  Then  rising  like  a  giant  refreshed  the  Cavalier 
withdrew  to  his  donjon  keep  .  .  .,  etc.^' 

513.  THE  COMPLETE  WORKS  OF  HENRY 
WADSWORTH  LONGFELLOW.  Revised  Edition. 
Portrait  on  India  paper.  7  vols,  small  8vo,  original  half  cloth 
and  paper  labels,  uncut.        Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1866 

*  Large  Paper  Copy.  No.  6  of  100  copies  printed.  Mainly- 
unopened.  This  edition  contains  the  paper  on  "Ancient  French 
Romances"  here  first  published  in  a  collected  edition  of  his  works. 

PRESENTATION    COPY  FROM    LONGFELLOW.  WITH    LETTER. 

514.  THE  DIVINE  COMEDY  OF  DANTE  ALI- 
GHIERI:  Inferno;  Paradiso;  Purgatorio.  3  vols,  thick 
royal  8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt  tops,  uncut. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1867 

*  Fine  set.  Translated  by  Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow.  Presen- 
tation COPY  FROM  THE  TRANSLATOR,  WITH  INTERESTING  INSCRIP- 
TION   IN    HIS    AUTOGRAPH: 

"  To 

George  Washington  Greene, 

with  the  memories  of  forty  years 
the  tra7islator. 
"  May  I,  JS67." 

Laid  in  is  a  four-page  letter  from  Longfellow  to  Greene,  dated 
Camb.,  Mch.  25,  1S64,  in  which  he  says:  "  Have  you  remembered  or 
noticed  that  the  days  and  dates  of  1864  correspond  with  those  of  the 
Dantesque  ijoo  .  .  .  Five  hundred  and  sixty-four  years  ago  to-day 
Dante  descended  to  the  c\tX.2L  dolente;  aiid  to-day  with  the  first  two 
cantos  of  the  Inferno  in  my  hand  I  descended  among  the  Printer's 
Devils,  the  Alalebranche  of  the  University  Press  .  .  .  Did  you  notice 
the  beautiful  a^id  endless  aspiration  so  artistically  and  silently  sug- 
gested by  Dante  in  closing  each  part  of  his  Poem  with  the  word 
'  Stiller" 

SIS-  THE  DIVINE  COMEDY  OF  DANTE  ALI- 
GHIERI.  Translated  by  H.  W.  Longfellow.  3  vols,  royal 
8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt  tops,  uncut.      Pine  copy. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1867 

516.  FLOWER-DE-LUCE.  With  illustrations.  Square 
i6mo,  orig.  cloth,  gilt  edges.   Boston  :  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1867 

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PRESENTATION  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  ISSUE  OF  THE  POETIC 
VERSION,  WITH    LETTER. 

517.  THE  NEW  ENGLAND  TRAGEDIES:  I, 

Wenlock  Christison;  II,  Giles  Corey  of  the  Salem  Farms. 
i2mo,  original  half  green  morocco,  gilt  top,  uncut.  [Cam- 
bridge:  Privately  Printed  at  the  University  Press],  1868. 

*  The  extremely  rare  privately  printed  first  issue  of  the 

POETIC    VERSION,   OF    WHICH    ONLY   lO    COPIES  WERE    PRINTED   (this 

being  No.  2),   OF  the  highest  association  interest,   being  a 

PRESENTATION    COPY    FROM    LONGFELLOW    TO    HIS    FRIEND,   GeORGE 

\V.  Greene,  with  the  inscription:  "  George  W.  Greene,  witk 
affectionate  regards  of  the  Author,  May  6,  186S."  Laid  IN  IS  A 
four-page  letter  of  Longfellow  to  Greene,  dated  Cambridge, 
Apl.  5,  1S6S,  in  which  he  says: 

"  '  The  Nezv  Engla7td  Tragedies'  are  nearly  printed,  though  there 
have  been  the  usual  interruptions  and  delays  without  which  Bigelow 
would  not  be  Bigelow  and  the  wheels  of  life  jvould  run  too  smoothly.'* 

The  book  was  originally  written  in  prose  [see  lot  No.  507],  but 
was  never  published.  Mr.  Chamberlain's  copy  and  that  in  the 
Longfellow  Library  are  believed  to  be  the  only  copies  in  existence  of 
the  i860  prose  version.  In  the  ordinary  first  issue  (Boston,  i8j8) 
Part  I  is  "John  Endicott,"  not  "  Wenlock  Christison,"  as  above. 
Longfellow's  name  does  not  appear  as  the  author  of  this 
volume  which  contains  material  not  reprinted  in  the  regu- 
lar issue.     Lacking  in  the  Arnold,  Foote  and  other  collections. 

The  first  copy  to  be  offered  at  auction.  Enclosed  in  a 
handsome  crimson  morocco  solander  case,  by  Bradstreets. 

[See  Reproduction.] 

518.  THE  NEW  ENGLAND  TRAGEDIES:  John 
Endicott,  Giles  Corey  of  the  Salem  Farms.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1868 

*A  copy  of  special  interest  with  "  Corrections  in  manuscript  (that) 
show  differences  between  this  published  edition  and  the  earlier  pri- 
vately printed  editions.  Made  from  a  copy  which  had  on  flyleaf  in 
Longfellow's  autograph:  '  George  Stewart,  Jr.,  with  kind  regards 
of  the  author,'  QX.C. — Luther  S.  Livingston."  The  privately  printed 
issue  is  very  rare,  only  10  copies  having  been  printed.  The  text 
corrections  in  the  above,  making  it  correspond  with  the  privately 
printed  issue,  are  in  the  hand  of  Mr.  Livingston. 

519.   The  same.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1868 

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520.  THE   NEW  ENGLAND    TRAGEDIES.      The 

same.      i2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

London:  George  Routledge  and  Sons,  1868 

*  First  English  Edition.  Evidently  set  up  from  the  privately 
printed  issue,  with  many  names  and  other  features  that  appear  only 
in  that  issue. 

LETTERS  OF  LONGFELLOW  TO  CHAS.   SUMNER. 

521.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS  SIGNED  [Six] 
[Initialled]  letters  from  Longfellow  to  Chas.  Sumner,  Dec. 
25,  1851,  to  Nov.  8,   1870. 

*  June  21;,  1854:  "  We  have  just  had  a  pleasant  visit  from  Laur- 
ence, the  English  Artist  {it'ho)  staid  ten  days  .  .  .  and  made  a  portrait 
of  me  for  Routledge  in  London  destined  to  adorn  a  new  illustrated 
edition  of  Poejns." 

May  28,  1856:  "  Your  speech  is  the  greatest  voice  on  the  greatest 
subject  that  has  been  uttered.^' 

Jan.  30,  1859:  Describes  the  scene  in  his  study  and  the  children 
playing  around  there:  "  Prescoit  died  on  Friday  last  .  .  .  what  a  loss 
this  is  to  us  .  .  .  I  sent  you  proceedings  etc.  of  the  Burns  Festival .  .  . 
Emerson's  speech  is  charming." 

Feb.  13,  1859:  ^'  L  had  two  great  pleasures  yesterday,  First,  your 
letter  .  .  .  Secondly  a  dinner  given  by  Lowell  to  Darley  .  ,  .  The 
Atlantic  flourishes.  Holmes  is  in  full  blast  with  his  '  Breakfast 
Tabic'  .  .  .  Dana  has  gone  to  Havana,"  etc. 

522.  THE  BUILDING  OF  THE  SHIP.  With  illus- 
trations.     i2mo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:   Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.,  1870 

PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  LONGFELLOW. 

523.  THE  DIVINE  TRAGEDY.  Vignette  071  title.  8vo, 
orig.  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges.    Bost. :  James  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  187 1 

*  Large  Paper  Copy  of  special  association  interest,  being 
A  presentation  copy  from  the  author  to  one  of  his  friends, 

with  inscription  in  his  AUTOGRAPH:  "  MrS.  C.  P.  GREENE, 
WITH  KIND  regards  AND  GOOD  WISHES  OF  THE  AUTHOR,  CHRIST- 
MAS,   187I." 

Wrril   UNPUBLISHED  LETTER  RELATING  TO    IT   INSERTED. 

524.   The   same.      Vignette   on    title.        i2mo,    original 

cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1871 

*  First  issue.  Laid  in  is  a  four-page  letter  [unpublished]  from 
Longfellow  to  G.  W.  Greene:  "  Camb.,  Dec.  i^,  1871,  I  send  you 
to-day  by  t>iail  a  copy  of  '  The  Divine  Tragedy. '  I  am  sorry  it  is  of 
the  small  size;  but  the  larger  ones  have  not  been  sent  to  me.  You  shall 
have  one  of  them  70 hen  you  come.''     [See  previous  lot.] 


Morfts  of  Ibenri^  Ma&3vvortb  XouGtellow 

WITH  MS.  VERSE  AND  LETTER  OF  LONGFELLOW. 

525.  EXCELSIOR.       JVif/i    12    illustrations    by   Fred.     T. 
Vance.      i2mo,  original  pictorial  wrappers,  pp.    12. 

New  York:   The  Excelsior  Life  Insurance  Company,  1872 

*  First  separate   edition.     Laid   in  is  the  first  stanza  of 

THE  POEM  written   IN  THE  AUTHOr's  AUTOGRAPH,   AND  SIGNED. 

"  The  shades  of  night  were  fallings  fast 
"  As  through  an  Alpine  village  passed 
"  A  Youth  who  bore  'mid  snow  and  ice 
"  A  Banner  with  that  strange  device 
Excelsior." 
"  Henry  W.  Longfellow,  Jan.  1855." 
Rare.     Originally  issued   by  the  N.  Y.  Excelsior   Life  Insurance 
Company  as  an  advertisement,  and  with  a  full-page  advertisement  of 
the  Company  as  the   last  leaf  (which   has  been  extracted  from  this 
copy).      Many  of  the  copies  of  this  issue  of  the  Poem  were  destroyed 
by  fire.     Printed  without  the  sanction  of  the  publisher,  who  threat- 
ened a  suit  for  infringement,   but   the   case  was   never    brought  to 
Court.     Laid  in  is  also  a  very  interesting  letter  (4  pp.  i2mo) 
FROM  Longfellow,  giving  particulars  regarding  his  famous 
Poem: 

"  Cambridge,  Dec.  sy,  18^4. 
I  recollect  perfectly  when  the  poem  of  '  Excelsior  '  was  written, 
though  I  have  forgot/en  zvhen  aftd  where  it  was  first  published.  It 
was  zvritten  at  midnight,  September  sy,  1841,  and  if  you  will  take 
the  trouble  to  look  i7ito  the  nos.  of  the  '  Knickerbocker^  for  the  last 
mtmbers  of  that  year  I  think  you  ivill  find  the  piece  in  one  of  them.^' 

526.  THREE    BOOKS     OF    SONG,     i2mo,    original 
cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1872 

*  Laid  IN  is  an  unpublished  letter  from  Longfellow  to 
George  W.  Greene,  dated  Cambridge,  Apl.  14,  1872:  "  This  week 
I  have  the  proof  sheets  of  Judas  Maccabetts  .  .  .  The  new  volume 
tvill  be  called  '  Three  Books  of  Song ' ;  the  first  being  the  Wayside 
Inn;  the  second  Judas  Maccabeus ;  and  the  third,  Translations. 
This  is  in  order  to  give  a  new  title   which  the   Publishers  think  very 

important,  as  it pre7jents  confusion." 

It  was  published  on  May  25,  and  on  May  27,  he  sent  a  copy  to 
Greene. 

PRESENTATION  COPY. 

527.  CHRISTUS  :    A   Mystery.      3   vols.    i2mo,   original 
cloth,  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1872 

*  Presentation  copy  from  Longfellow  to  his  friend 
George  Washington  Greene,  each  volume  bearing  the  fol- 
lowing in  the  autograph  of  the  poet  :  "  G.  W.  G.  from 
H.  W.  L.,  Nov.  25,  1872."  The  first  issue  with  error  on  page  71 
of  Vol.  2,  "  Set  Sail"  for  "  Sail  Set." 

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528.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED  (Initialled). 
4  pp.  8vo.  Cambridge,  Jan.  5,  1872,  addressed  '"''  My  dear 
Professor  ""  [C.  E.  Norton?]: 

"All  day  I  have  been  in  Detimark,ihat  is  to  say  I  have  had  a 
Dane  ivith  7ne  %vho  brought  me  a  letter  from  Andersen."  Mentions 
Scudder,  Howells,  etc. 

PRESENTATION  COPY  WITH  UNPUBLISHED  LETTER. 

529.  AFTERMATH.   Frontispiece.    i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1873 

*  First  issue  of  the  First  Edition,  with  "Little  cared  "on 
page  54,  afterwards  changed  to  "  Or."  Presentation  copy  from 
Longfellow,  with  "  From  the  author,  1873,''  in  his  auto- 
graph. Laid  in  is  a  four-page  letter  [unpublished]  from  Longfellow 
to  G.  W.  Greene:  "  Nahant,  Aug.  17,  iSjj.  Aftermath — the  nem 
volume  of  poems — will  appear  on  the  sixth  of  September.  The  Danish 
Ballad — The  Mother  s  Ghost — which  struck  you  so  much  goes  in  as 
one  of  the  Tales." 

530.  The  same.      Second    issue,  with  "Or"  at  page 

54.      The    Bierstadt    copy,   7vith   bookplate  engraved   by  E,   D. 
French.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1873 

MS.   POEM  AND  LETTER. 

531.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED  (Initialled). 
2  pp.  i2mo.  To  G.  W.  Greene,  dated  Cambridge,  Nov.  26, 
1874.  On  the  last  two  pages  of  which  is  written  a  sonnet  in 
Longfellow's  hand,  '■' Ponte  Vecchio. 

*  "We  have  just  finished  our  Thanksgiving  Dinner  .  .  .  tremen- 
dous, excessive,  oppressive.  .  .  .  I  already  hear  the  impatient  Night- 
mare stamping  i?t  her  stall.  .  .  .  This  morning  I  turned  into  Italian 
the  sonnet  I  mentioned.  .  .  .  You  will  see  the  original  in  the  January 
Atlantic." 

WITH   LONGFELLOW  LETTER  INSERTED. 

532.  THE  HANGING  OF  THE  CRANE.  With 
illustrations.      8vo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1875 

*  First  issue,  published  in  Oct.,  1874;  the  i2mo  edition,  also 
dated  1875,  not  being  published  until  the  following  January.  The 
above  contains  41  illustrations;  the  i2mo  only  contains  15.  The 
poem  first  appeared  in  the  New  York  Ledger,  published  by  Robert 
Bonner.  Evidently  the  poet  did  not  take  the  advice  of  Mr.  Fields, 
because  in  Longfellow's  Journal  for  Dec.  4th,  1S74,  he  says:   "Fields 

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comes  out,  and  I  read  to  him  '  The  Hanging  of  the  Crane.''  He  advises 
not  to  publish  in  any  periodical,  but  to  make  a  small  illustrated  volume 
of  it.'"     Laid  in  is  an  interesting  autograph  letter  (3  pp.  i2mo): 

''Camb.  Dec.  28,  1814. 
Dear  Mr.  Osgood — 

I  did  not  receive  your  letter  till  this  morning,  which  will 
account  for  the  tardiness  of  my  answer.  I  should  hardly  be  willing 
to  accept  your  proposition  regarding  payments  on  copies  of  '  The 
Crane  ' ;  but  will  take  your  note  on  three  months  for  any  copies  pub- 
lished after  date,  which  will  perhaps  accommodate  you  equally  well. 
I  like  the  plan  of  a  cheaper  edition,  if  you  are  zvilling  to  undertake 
it  on  the  same  terms  as  above.  .  .  . 

Yours  truly 

Henry   W.  Longfellow.'" 

The  Hanging  of  the  Crane  was  published  in  London  first,  to 
Longfellow's  great  annoyance.  [See  the  "  Letters,"  Feb.  25,  1874. 
Lot  No.  552.] 

[In  the  letters  to  G.  W.  Greene — see  lot  552] — Longfellow  humor- 
ously says:  "/  have  submitted  'The  Hanging  of  the  Crane'  to  the 
microscopic  eyes  of  T.  B.  Aldrich:  The  result  is  that  the  sound  of  stQ 
— as  in  scene,  celestial,  Ceylon  and  so  forth — occurs  thirty-two 
times  I "] 

533-  THE  HANGING  OF  THE  CRANE.  Second 
issue,  with  corrections  in  the  text.  "Isles"  for  "Tales," 
p.   37,  etc.      Illustrations.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1875 

PRESENTATION  COPY  TO  JOHN  NEAL. 

534.  THE  MASQUE  OF  PANDORA,  and  other 
Poems.      i2mo,  original  cloth, 

Boston:  James  R,  Osgood  and  Co,,  1875 

*  Presentation  copy  from  the  author  to  his  old  friend 
John  Neal  (author  of  "  Rachel  Dyer,"  and  part  author  of  Paul 
Allen's  History  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  who  is  mentioned 
several  times  in  Longfellow's  Journals).  In  the  journal  for  Oct.  17th, 
1869,  Longfellow  says:  ''This  evening  I  read  John  NeaVs  Autobi- 
ography,— a  curious  '.book,  interesting  to  me  from  personal  recollec- 
tions." 

The  inscription  reads: 

'fohn  Neal  with  kind  regards  of  the  author.      Nov.  ij,  j8jj." 

"  Morituri  Salutamus  "  (one  of  the  poems  in  the  above  volume) 
was  the  Bowdoin  College  poem  for  the  semi-centennial  of  the  au- 
thor's class  of  1825.  An  operatic  version  of  "  The  Masque  of  Pan- 
dora "  was  produced  on  the  Boston  stage  in  1881. 

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WITH  INSERTED  LETTER. 

535.  THE  MASQUE  OF  PANDORA,  and  other 
Poems.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1875 

*  Laid  in  is  a  four-page  letter  of  Longfellow  to  Greene:  "Camd. 
Oct.  2g,  1873.  On  page  j2  of  Pandora  there  is  an  unlucky  false 
quantity,  Cybe  le  for  Cy'bele.  This  is  all  owing  to  7ny  Lord  Byron 
with  his 

^  She  looks  a  sea  Cybele 

fresh  from  ocean.' 
which    has  familiarized  our  ears   to  a  wrong  accentuation,  as  Louis 
XIV  is  said  to  have  changed  the  gender  of  the  zuord  carrosse." 

LETTER   ENCLOSING  ORIGINAL    POEM. 

536.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED.  (Initialled.) 
I  p.  i2mo,  Cambridge,  Oct.  2,  1876.  To  G.  W.  Greene. 
On  the  last  two  pages  of  which  is  a  poem,  entitled 
' '  In  the  Churchyard  at  Tarrytown. ' ' 

*  "  Here  are  some  lines  that  came  into  my  mind  this  morning.  I 
have  no  more  idea  ho%v  they  came  nor  why  they  came,  than  you  have; 
but  you  will  sympathise  tuith  them  as  giving  accent  and  emphasis  to 
the  quiet  lives  of  scholars. ^^ 

537-  HISTORY  OF  THE  OLD  SOUTH  MEET- 
ING-HOUSE IN  BOSTON.  By  Everett  W.  Burdett. 
Illustrated.     8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  106. 

Boston:  B.  B.  Russell,  1877 

*  The  Arnold  copy.  Contains  a  poem,  "  Ballad  of  the  French 
Fleet,"  by  Longfellow,  pages  105-6. 

538.  POEMS  OF  THE  "OLD  SOUTH."  Illustrated. 
Square  i2mo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:  William  F.  Gill  and  Co.,  1877 

*  Contains  poems  by  Longfellow,  Holmes,  Whittier,  and  others. 
The  work  was  published  for  the  benefit  of  the  Old  South  Preserva- 
tion Fund. 

539.  FINAL  MEMORIALS  of  Henry  Wadsworth  Long- 
fellow. Edited  by  Samuel  Longfellow.  Etched  portraits  and 
illustrations.  Thick  royal  8vo,  original  boards,  paper  label, 
uncut.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Co.,  1877 

*  Large  Pait.r  coi'Y,  limited  to  300  copies.  Contains  a  bibliog- 
raphy of  the  poet's  writings. 

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I.  Wenlock  Christison. 
11.   Giles  Corey  of  the  Salem  Farms. 


PRIVATELY    PRINTED. 
1868. 


[See  No.  517.] 


KERAMOS. 


Turn,  turn,  my  wheel !     Turn  round  and  round 
Without  a  pause,  without  a  sound  ; 

So  spins  the  flying  world  away ! 
This  clay,  well  mixed  with  marl  and  sand. 
Follows  the  motion  of  my  hand, 
For  some  must  follow  and  some  command. 

Though  all  are  made  of  clay ! 

Thus  sang  the  Potter  at  his  task 

Beneath  the  blossoming  hawthorn-tree. 

While  o'erliis  features,  like  a  mask. 

The  quilted  sunshine  and  leaf-shade 

Moved,  as  the  boughs  above  him  swayed, 

And  clothed  him,  till  he  seemed  to  be 

A  figure  woven  in  tapestry. 

So  sumptuously  was  he  arrayed 

In  that  magnificent  attire 

Of  sable  tissue  flaked  with  fire. 

Like  a  magician  he  appeared, 

A  conjuror  without  book  or  beard, 

And  while  he  plied  his  magic  art,  — 

For  it  was  magical  to  me,  — 

I  stood  in  silence  and  apart. 

And  wondered  more  and  more  to  see 

That  shapeless,  lifeless  mass  of  clay 


[See  No.  540.] 


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540.  KERAMOS    (The     Potter's    Wheel).      8vo,     sewed, 
pp.  12.  [Boston?  1877] 

*  "  One  of  only  a  few  copies  (probably  6)  privately 
PRINTED.  One  sent  to  Harper  Bros.,  appeared  in  Harper  s  Maga- 
zine, December,  i8j7,  and  the  remaining  Jive  were  in  Longfellozv's 
Secretary  drawer,  on  Nov.  18,  Jgo2,  zuhen  Mrs.  Thorp  (^Annie  Long- 
fellow, his  daughter),  presented  me  with  this  copy." — Note  of  J.  C. 
Chamberlain,  copy  of  which  accompanies  the  item. 

Accompanied  by  the  extract  from  Harper's  Magazine  containing 
the  poem,  showing  many  changes,  and  an  additional  verse.  These 
changes  have  been  noted  by  Mr.  Chamberlain  on  the  magazine  copy. 
There  are  some  interesting  allusions  to  this  excessively  rare  pam- 
phlet in  Longfellow's  Journal,  as: 

May  7,  1877,  ' '  Trying  to  write  a  poem  on  '  The  Potter's  Wheel.'  " 
May  31,  1877,    "  Finished  wheel." 
Aug.  3,  "  The  poem  '  Keramos'  has  gone  to  the  Harper's." 

Most  Longfellow  collectors  are  unaware  of  the  existence  of  this 
separate  privately  printed  issue  of  "  Keramos."  The  Longfellow 
family  still  possess  the  other  copies. 

[See  Reproduction.] 

INSCRIBED   COPY,    WITH    LETTER. 
r 

541.  KERAMOS,    and    other    Poems.      i2mo,     original 

cloth.  Boston:  Houghton,  Osgood  &  Co,  1878 

*  Presentation  copy  from  the  author  to  his  friend 
George  Stewart,  Jr.,  with  autograph  letter,  presentation 
inscription,    and    the  autograph  of  the   recipient    on  the 

TITLE.     The  letter  is  as  follows: 

"  Camb.,  April  2S,  1878. 
Dear  Mr.  Steivart, 

I  send   'Keramos'  by  post  to-day;  but  do  not   zurite your  name  in 
it,    having  the  fear  of  letter-postage    before   my    eyes.      Name    and 
inscription  you  will  find  on  the  other  half  of  this  sheet.      Owen  is  hale 
and  hearty  and  sends  you  kind  remembrances. 
Yours  very  truly, 

Henry   W.  Longfellotv." 

The  inscription  reads: 

"  George  Stewart,  Jr.,  with  kind  regards  of  the  author. 
Camb.,  April 28,  1878." 

Autograph:  "Geo.  Stewart,  Jr.,  1 878,"  on  title. 

In  a  letter,  written  by  Longfellow  to  Fields,  August  3,  1878,  he 
says,  in  part:  "  The  poem  '  Ke'ramos  '  has  gone  to  the  Harpers,  zvho 
will  harp  it  in  one  hundred  a7id  fifty  thousand  households,  or  say  half 
a  million  ears — if  they  will  listen  to  stich  mtisic  as  comes  from  a 
potter  s  zvheel."  "  The  Herons  of  Elmwood  "  (one  of  the  poems  in 
this  volume)  is  a  tribute  to  James  Russell  Lowell. 
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542.  KERAMOS,  and  other  Poems.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  London:  George  Routledge  and  Sons,  1878 

*  First  English  Edition.  With  the  exception  of  a  few  differ- 
ences in  punctuation,  identical  with  the  first  Boston  edition. 

543-  THE  EARLY  POEMS  OF  HENRY  WADS- 
WORTH  LONGFELLOW.  Now  first  collected.  Edited 
and  prefaced  by  Richard  Heme  Shepherd.  i2mo,  original 
cloth,  uncut.  London  :  Pickering  and  Co.,  1878 

*  Beautifully  printed  by  Pickering  at  the  Chiswick  Press.  Contains 
several  poems:  "The  Lunatic  Girl,"  "Jeckoyva,"  and  others,  not 
reprinted  elsewhere. 

RARE    LEAFLET,    WITH   LETTER. 

544.  FROM  MY  ARM-CHAIR.    Leaflet  of  4  pp.  square 

i2mo.  [Cambridge,   1879] 

*  Tied  with  a  silk  thread  in  full  crimson  straight-grained  morocco 
covers  [by  the  Club  Bindery  ?]  with  the  envelope  enclosing  it  bearing 
Mrs.  Thorp's  [Annie  Longfellow]  authentication,  "A  copy  of  the  poem 
-written  by  my  father  .  .  .  on  his  ysd  birthday;  taken  from  his  sttidy 
drawer  and  given  by  me  to  Mr.  J.  C.  Cha^nberlain  on  Nov.  18,  igo2." 

Inserted  is  Longfellow's  letter  to  Geo.  W.  Greene,  4  pp.  8vo, 
Camb.,  Mch.  16,  1879  [initialled],  in  which  he  says:  ^'  I  sent  you  the 
poem,  '  Fro7n  tny  Arm-Chair,^  which  I  had  great  pleasure  in  writing, 
and  which  has  given  pleasure  to  others  in  reading.  '  The  Burial  of 
the  Poet'  is  in  the  April  Atlantic;  ana  Jugurtha,'  I  have  sent  to  Cabot 
Lodge  for  the  '  International.''  " 

AUTOGRAPH    LETTER    SIGNED. 

545.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED,  i  p.  8vo, 
Cambridge,  July  5,  1879.  To  Mr.  Harry  Edwards,  with 
superscription    on    envelope    attached    and  facsimile   of    the 

same  letter, 

*  Thanking  Mr.  Edwards  for  a  "  beautiful  bronze  [Excelsior]  y;-t7w 
Mr.  Rowe." 

A    LETTER   FROM    LONGFELLOW    LAID    IN. 

546.  ULTIMA  THULE.  Portrait.  i2mo,  original 
cloth,  uncut.  Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1880 

*  With  autograph  letter  [i  p.  i2mo,  Nahant,  July  14,  1880]  from 
Longfellow  laid  in: 

"  Gentlemen, 
I  return  the  Notes,  with  a  feiv  corrections.      The  name  of  the  bridge 
at  Prague,  and  the  dates   of  the  destruction  of  the   Smithy  and  the 
Tree  I  do  not  retnember.      They  are  of  no  great  importance. 
Yours  very  truly, 

Henry  W.  Longfellow." 
*See  the  poem,  "  From  my  Arm-Chair,"  p.  17  of  above,  for  refer- 
ence to  "  The  Tree." 

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TO   THE   CHILDREN   OF  CAMBRIDGE, 

Who  presented  to  tne,  on   7ny  Seventy-second  Birthday 

February  27,  1879,  ^''"•^  Chair,  made  from  the  Wood 

of  the  Village  Blacksmith^ s  Chestnut  Tree. 


AM  I  a  king,  that  I  should  call  my  own 
This  splendid  ebon  throne? 
Or  by  what  reason,  or  what  right  divine, 
Can  I  proclaim  it  mine  ? 

Only,  perhaps,  by  right  divine  of  song 

It  may  to  me  belong ; 
Only  because  the  spreading  chestnut-tree 

Of  old  was  sung  by  me. 


[See  No.  544.] 


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PRESENTATION  COPY   FROM    LONGFELLOW,  WITH    LETTER. 

547.  THE  COMPLETE  POETICAL  WORKS  OF 
HENRY  WADSWORTH  LONGFELLOW.  With 
numerous  illustrations.  Roj'al  Svo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt 
edges.  Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1880 

*  Autograph  presentation  copy  from  the  author: 
"  George  W.  Greene  from  Henry  W.  Longfellow,  Cam- 
bridge, Jan.  23,  1881."  This  edition  contains  a  stanza  in  the  inter- 
lude to  "  The  Student's  Tale"  in  "  Tales  of  a  Wayside  Inn"  that 
was  not  in  the  first  edition.  Laid  in  is  a  2-page  autograph  letter 
(initialled)  from  Longfellow  to  Osgood  the  publisher  relating  to  an 
illustration  for  the  poem,  "  The  Old  Clock  on  the  Stairs  ":  ''Please 
keep  back  the  form  containing  '  The  Old  Clock  on  ike  Stairs.'  There 
is  a  photograph  of  the  house  as  it  tvas  when  the  poem  -was  written  .  .  . 
Please  wait  as  long  as  possible."  No  illustration  appears,  so  it  is  evi- 
dent that  Osgood  could  not  wait  for  it. 

548.  "  THE  CITY  AND  THE  SEA,"  with  other  Cam- 
bridge Contributions,  in  aid  of  the  Hospital  Fund,  Square 
i2mo,  original  cloth.  Cambridge:  John  Wilson,  1881 

*  Scarce.  With  the  original  poems  by  Longfellow,  Howells,  and 
others.  The  preface  (pp.  6)  was  written  by  Longfellow  and  signed. 
The  poem,  "The  City  and  the  Sea,"  was  first  collected  in  "The 
Plarbor,"  in  1882. 

549.  LONGFELLOW  LEAFLETS:  Poems  and  Prose 
Passages  from  his  Works.  Illustrated.  i2mo,  original  limp 
boards.  Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.  [1881] 

THE    MANUSCRIPT  OF  LONGFELLOW'S   LAST  PUBLISHED 
POEM  BEFORE   HIS  DEATH. 

550.  MANUSCRIPT  POEM:  "  Hermes  Trismegistus  " 
in  the  autograph  of  Mrs.  Thorp  (Annie  Longfellow,  his  daugh- 
ter), and  SIGNED  BY  Longfellow,  6  pp.  4to,  appearing  in 
The  Century,  Feb,,  1882. 

*  The  last  poem  published  before  Longfellow's  death, 
10  verses  of  8  lines  each  preceded  by  a  note  from  Jamblicus  of  10 
lines.     The  Proof  copy,  with  a  few  pencilled  corrections. 

551.  IN  THE  HARBOR:  Ultima  Thule— Part  H.  Por- 
trait.     i6mo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1882 

*  Contains  the  last  poem  written  by  Longfellow,  "  Bells  of  San 
Bias";  also,  containing  personal  poems  to  President  Garfield,  J.  T. 
Fields,  etc. 

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AUTOGRAPH    LETTERS    OF    HENRY    WADSWORTH 
LONGFELLOW. 

552.  A  UNIQUE  COLLECTION  OF  508  ORIGI- 
NAL LETTERS  AND  37  POSTAL  CARDS  FROM 
LONGFELLOW  TO  GEORGE  W.  GREENE,  near/y 
400  of  which  have  never  been  published. 

*  This  remarkable  correspondence  covers  the  whole  of 
Longfellow's  life  from  his  23rd  year  (1830)  to  the  year 
of  his  death  (1882),  or  a  period  of  more  than  fifty  years. 
They  begin  with  his  professorship  in  Bowdoin  College, 
Maine,  and  continue  through  all  his  travels  in  Europe,  his 
professorship  at  Harvard  University  and  his  subsequent 
home  life.  They  reflect  every  aspect  of  his  public  and 
private  life  and  furnish  most  interesting  and  important 
information  concerning  his  literary  work,  his  travels,  his 
contact  with  Lowell,  Emerson,  Holmes,  Dickens,  Howells, 
Norton  and  a  host  of  others,  his  methods  of  work,  indeed 
the  whole  range  of  his  wonderfully  rich  and  gifted  mind 
is  exhibited,  and  the  experiences  of  his  career  illuminated 
by  these  personal  revelations  of  himself  to  his  intimate 
friend. 

Mr.  Greene  was  the  grandson  of  Gen.  Nathanael  Greene 
of  Revolutionary  fame.  He  was  a  native  of  Rhode  Island, 
a  graduate  of  Brown  University,  at  one  time  United 
States  Consul  at  Rome,  later  a  member  of  the  Rhode 
Island  Legislature  and  an  author  of  distinction.  Perhaps, 
after  all,  his  greatest  title  to  future  remembrance  will  be 
these  letters  which  indicate  so  clearly  his  intimate  friend- 
ship with  the  Poet  whose  reputation  is  world-wide  and 
whose  fame  will  grow  with  tlie  passing  of  the  years.  He 
came  frequently  from  the  library  in  the  Windmill  Tower 
of  his  East  Greenwich,  R.  I.  home,  to  visit  Longfellow  in 
Cambridge  and  Nahant  (his  summer  home),  welcomed 
from  association,  likeness  of  tastes  and  pursuits  and  agree- 
ment of  opinion.  In  Greene's  historical  works  and  his 
Biography  of  his  grandfather.  Gen.  Nathanael  Greene, 
Longfellow  took  a  deep  interest  and  when  despondency 
and  infirmity  came  to  Greene,  did  much  to  make  those 
years  more  comfortable  and  bright.     When  Charles  Sum- 

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ner  died  in  1874  and  left  a  legacy  to  Longfellow's  daugh- 
ters, they  shared  it  equally  with  the  daughters  of  Greene, 
and  allusions  to  material  financial  assistance  rendered  by 
Longtellow  frequently  appear  in  the  course  of  this  corre- 
spondence. 

Nearly  400  of  these  tetters  have  never  b:een  published. 
Mr.  Samuel  Longfellow  had  access  to  a  part  of  the  collec- 
tion in  preparing  his  Life  and  Memoirs  of  his  brother.  He 
printed  some  of  them,  with  extracts  from  others.  No 
other  use  has  ever  been  made  of  them  save  in  compiling 
the  Chamberlain  Bibliography  of  Longfellow's  Works, 
just  issued.  The  early  letters  are  signed  in  full  or  signed 
"Longfellozv,"  but  the  majority  of  them  are  simply 
initialled  "H.  W.  L." 

The  letters  came  from  the  Greene  family  and  are  in  the 
finest  possible  condition.  It  is  believed  that  so  large  and 
important  a  collection  of  American  literary  autograph 
letters  has  never  before  been  ofifered  for  sale.  Their 
value  from  a  literary  standpoint  can  hardly  be  overesti- 
mated. The  scope  of  a  catalogue  description  will  allow 
only  a  bare  outline  of  a  very  few  of  the  more  important 
letters,  as  follows: 

1832. 

Oct.  7  ;  Bowdoin,  3  pp.  4to. 

'^  All  I  have  in  view  at  present  is  a  Collection   of  French  Tales  ta 

take  the  place  of  the  '  Ministre    de   Wakefield '   and  a    selection   of 

French  poetry  to  complete  the  course  ..." 
Dec.  23  :   "  In  August  I  shall  be  in  Boston  .  .  .  to  deliver  the  Phi  Beta 

Kappa  poem  in  Cambridge  ..." 

1833. 
March  9:  Bowdoin,  with  seal.  Letter  of  the  highest  import- 
ance. Contains,  as  he  says,  a  list  ''^  of  all  I  have  published  since  my 
returft  from  Europe"  (in  periodicals,  etc.,  as  well)  and  in  addition 
gives  those  poems  "  delivered  in  public  but  not  published."  Mentions 
a  proposed  work  on  France,  Spain,  Germany  and  Italy. 

Oct.  27:   3  pp.  4to,  signed  ''Longfellow" 

"  /  have  on    hand  too  many   engagetnents  to   think  of  writing  a 
poe>7i  ..." 

1834. 

Feb.  14:  Bowdoin,  4  pp.  4to.     Fine  letter  describing  his  unsuccessful 
trip  to  Northampton  to  secure  a  school.     Tells  of  his  expectation  of 
getting  money  from   his  books  at  Boston:   "  One   of  my  publishers 
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said  he  could  not  pay  a  farthing  .  .  .  and  Allen  <Sr=  Tic  knar  told  me 
.  .  .  that  not  enough  copies  of  the  '  Coplas  de  Manriqtie  '  had  been  sold 
to\defray  the  expense  of  publication  ..." 
July  20:  Bowdoin,  2  pp.  4to.  "'  Outre  Mer  No.  2  seems  to  succeed  ad- 
mirably. The  critics  say  '  he  is  a  fine  boy  and  looks  very  ?nuch  like 
his  pa.'  " 
Sept.  6:   Brunswick,  Me.,  3  pp.  4to,  signed   "  Lord  Harry,"  and  with 

reference  to  an  application  for  a  professorship  in  New  York. 
Oct.  28:  4  pp,  4to. 

^^  It  is  somewhat  past  midnight  and  before  me  lies  ^  The  Journey  into 
Italy  '  which  I  have  just  cofupleted  .  .  .      There  is  nothing  like  writ- 
ing when   one  is  in  the   vein.      The  moment  you  stop  you  grow  cold 
and  then  it  is  all  over  with  you." 
Dec.  15:   3  pp.  4to.      \^IIis  offer  from  Harvard.] 

"  /  reed  a  letter  from  Preset  Quincy  of  Harvard  .  .  .  next  week  I 
am  going  to  Cambridge  ,  .  .  when  the  whole  business  will  be  brought 
to  a  close. 

1835. 
Feb.  21:  2  pp.  4to.     Sends  priced  list  of  some  of  his  books,  which  he 
offers   to    Greene.     Part  of   the    sheet  contains  a  letter  from  Mrs. 
Longfellow  to  Greene's  wife. 

Longfellow  was  now  getting  ready  to  go  to  Europe,  where  he  went 
at  the  suggestion  of  Harvard  for  18  months'  study  in  Germany.  This 
closes  this  early  part  of  his  life.  With  a  few  exceptions,  his  letters 
until  the  beginning  of  1837  are  from  Europe.  They  relate  his  e.xpe- 
riences  and  study,  the  death  of  his  young  wife  on  Nov.  27,  1835,  in 
Rotterdam  and  his  intense  grief.  Of  his  writing  he  says  at  this 
period : 

' '  It  is  the  love  of  what  is  intellectual  and  beautiful — the  love  of  litera- 
ture— the  love  of  holding  converse  7vith  the  ?ninds  of  the  great  and 
good — and  then  speaking  the  trttth  in  7U hat  you  write  .  .  . 

Then  follows  a  break  until  1851,  and  from  December  of  that  year 
until  May  i,  1862,  there  are  but  seven  letters.  Dec.  8,  185 1,  he 
says:  ^'  I  have  sent  you  the  '  Golden  Legend !' ''  Later,  in  1856,  he 
mentions  "  Hiawatha."  In  1861  he  says  of  the  distressing  death  of 
his  second  wife  by  fire,  dropping  unconsciously  into  the  most  beau- 
tiful blank  verse:  "  IVhen  I  try  to  write  this  deadly  wound  within 
me  aches  and  bleeds.  No  heart  can  know  another's  desolation  atid  no 
•word  of  mine  can  paint  to  you  the  ceaseless  agony  of  my  life  ..." 

From  1863  until  the  end  of  his  life  in  1882  the  letters  run  regularly, 
weekly,  sometimes  two  or  three  a  week,  sometimes  with  longer  in- 
tervals. His  letters  during  the  times  of  Greene's  ill-health  are 
particularly  charming.  He  tells  him  amusing  stories  and  literary 
gossip,  occasionally  breaks  into  original  verse  as  [from  Nahant  on 
the  coast] : 

"  The  same  wind  blowing 
The  same  sea  flowing 
Only  the  beholder 
Grown  three  years  older." 
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Once  he  says  [Apl.  2,  1863]:  "  You  wound  me  tip  on  Dante  and  I 
have  been  striking  Cantos  since  every  day." 

Apl.  20,  1864,  of  Hiawatha:  '^^  I  have  three  Introductory  Sonnets 
for  fly-leaves,  Boccaccio  s,  Michael  Angela  s  and  a  new  one  of  my 
own." 

Mch.  13,  1865:  "  One  thing  they  are  very  urgent  about  and  that  is 
removing  the  word  '  Lecture  '  from  the  title-page.  They  say  that  word 
will  kill  any  book,  particularly  if  the  word  '  Lowe  IT  precedes  it.'* 
He  takes  very  little  interest  in  politics,  although  he  speaks  of  the 
celebration  at  the  close  of  the  war,  and  one  of  his  letters  is  entirely 
about  Johnson  and  his  troubles. 

Oct.  19,  1866,  he  tells  Greene  of  the  stranger  who  came  to  Craigie 
House  and  asked  if  Shakespeare  did  not  have  a  residence  near  there. 
"  /  told  hitn  I  know  no  one  of  that  name  in  the  neighborhood."' 

Feb.  3,  1866:  "  Yesterday  evening  I  gave  a  dinner  to  Dickens  ; 
and  had  Palfrey,  Lowell,  Fields,  Osgood,  and  Dolby.  It  was  very 
successful." 

Feb.  5:  "  The  Second  '  Nerv  England  Tragedy'  is  finished.  It  is 
better  than  the  First." 

On  Feb.  18:  "A  month  ago  I  felt  as  if  I  could  never  write  another 
line.  And  lo!  since  then  I  have  written  a  Tragedy,  and  am  halfway 
through  with  another." 

Longfellow  went  abroad  in  the  summer  of  that  year,  and  he  men- 
tions being  asked  to  write  an  inscription  for  a  Fountain  at  Shanklin, 
Isle  of  Wight.      He  gives  a  fine  description  of  Rome: 

"  Rome  seems  like  King  Lear  staggering  in  the  storm  and  crowned 
with  weeds!  It  is  quite  Uftc hanged  since  we  were  here  forty  years 
ago,  I  said  so  to  Cardinal  Antonelli  and  he  answered,  taking  a 
pinch  of  snuff,  '  Yes,  thank  God!'  ..." 

On  April  21,  1872:  /  have  been  writing  a  Poem  .  .  .  called 
'Michael  Angela  '  .  .  .  Seven  acts  or  parts  are  already  finished." 

May  14,  1872:  "  /  wrote  a  poem  on  the  ''Descent  of  Charlemagne 
into  Italy,'  from  an  Old  Latin  Chronicle.  .  .  " 

May  27,  1872:  "  This  morning  I  forwarded  you  a  copy  of '  Three 
Books  of  Song'  ..." 

Aug.  2ist,  1873,  he  says:  ^''  ''  After  jnath'  seems  to  be  received  with 
great  favor.  .  .  " 

Jan.  29,  1874:  "  I  have  submitted  the  '  Hanging  of  the  Crane'  to 
the  ?nicroscopic  eye  of  T.  B.  Aldrich.  The  result  is,  that  the  '''sound 
of  s&Q. — as  in  scene,  celestial,  Ceylon,  and  so  forth,  occurs  thirty-two 
times  ..." 

On  Feb.  25,  1874,  he  announces  the  publication  of  the  "  Hanging 
of  the  Crane  "  in  London,  "and  so  doivn  topples  my  $3,000  house  of 
cards  .  .  .  I  consider  this  a  serious  breach  of  trust  on  the  part  of  Rout- 
ledge,  as  the  proof  sheets  were  sent  to  him  for  the  use  of  the  artists.  .  . 
And  no-tv  what  a  storm  will  come  from  New  York,  what  accusa- 
tions .  .  .  imprecations  and  altercations." 
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May  31,  1S74:  "/  /lave  given  the  mornings  to  the  collection  of 
'Poems  of  Places,'  .  .  .  and  a  pleasant  ocaopation  it  is  .  .  .  making 
one's  own  poetic  guide-book .  .  .  " 

Nov.    10,  1874:    "Last   evening   I  wrote   a    sonnet   on  the  Ponte 
Vecchio  of  Florence  .  .  .  I  wrote  .  .  .  last   summer  .  .  .  a   series    of 
five,  entitled  '  Three  Friends  of  Mine'  mea^ting  Felton,  Agassiz  aiid 
Sumner." 

Nov.  12,  1874:  "Holmes  has  just\brought  out  a  neiu  volume  of 
Poems  ['Songs  of  Many  Keys'].  Lowell  has  in  press  a  volume  of 
Essays  [very  interesting,  as  Lowell's  'Among  My  Books  '  bears  copy- 
right date  of  1876 — only  a  few  copies  being  known  with  an  1875 
date].      The  '  Hanging  of  the  Crane'  appears  on  Saturday." .  .  . 

Nov.  13,  1874:  "A  ivriter  in  the  Evening  Post  accuses  me  of 
plagiarism  in  the  '  Hanging  of  the  Crane' 

'  The  lights  are  out,  and  gone  are  all  the  guests 
That  thronging  came  with  }nerritnent  and  Jests.' 
His  proof  is: 

'  The  crowds  are  gone,  the  restless  are  at  rest 
The  courteous  host  and  all  approving  guest 

Bykon — Lara.' 
This  is  as  mudi  of  a  plagiarism  as  Good-ttight  or  Good-morning.  .  . 

Nov.  26,  1874:  "  After  telling  my  classmates  that  L  could  not  write 
a  Poem  for  their  Fiftieth  Anniversary,  I  have  gone  to  tvork  and 
written  one.  .  .  " 

Feb.  15,  1S75:  "  /  a?H  reading  Ovid.  What  a  curious  coincidence 
between  his  legend  of  Flora  and  Zephyrus  {Book  V.  20)  and  that  of 
Wenonah  and  the  West-  Wind  in  Hiawatha  (Canto  III.)  ...  " 

Feb.  20,  1875:  "  7"he  idea  of  a  poem  on  Epimetheus  and  Pandora 
in  dramatic  form  has  occupied  my  thonghts  ..." 

March  22,  1875,  Mention's  "  Lowell's  Ode  (Concord  Fight): 
"  Which  is  not  yet  published.  He  read  it  to  me  beforehand.  He  has 
a  gift  for  that  kind  of  cofnposition  ..." 

Aug.  12,  1875:  "  'Epimetheus'  [Pandora^  is  now  nearly  all  in  type." 

About  Christmas  of  that  year  he  writes  to  Greene  that  he  is  going 
to  be  alone,  except  for  his  daughter  Annie.  ' '  This  is  a  hint  any  lover 
would  take." 

June  II,  1876:  "  Dom  Pedro  of  Brazil  dined  zaith  me  naming  the 
persons  he  would  like  to  tneet:  Emerson,  Lowell  and Hobiies,  .  .  .  The 
first  volume  of  '  Poems  of  Places'  is  printed.   ..." 

His  letter  of  June  21,  1S76,  includes  a  nonsense  verse  on  a  house- 
maid who  had  broken  a  beautiful  Japanese  vase.  The  one  of  June 
28  is  interesting,  as  it  gives  the  name  of  a  book  referring  to  Major 
Andre. 

On  September  29  he  quotes  a  letter  from  Tennyson.     His  letter  of 
December  30  is  eight  pages  long,  and  is  a  very  fine  literary  letter,  in 
which  he  tells  a  great  deal  about  himself  and  his  work. 
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Jan.  14,  1877,  mentions  his  sonnets  on  the  Rhone  and  on  the  River 
Yvette,  which  he  says  he  has  written  to  fill  blank  pages  in  "Poems 
of  Places." 

Jan.  24:  "/  intend  to  'write  a  poem  o?i  tJie  French  fleet  that  sailed  from 
Brest  in  1746  to  ravage  the  NewEjigland  Coast  and  avenge  Lotdsbourg." 

Jan.  3,  1879:  "/  have  written  some  verses  to  cotiitnemorate  the 
death  of  Bayard  Taylor" :  and,  on.  January  10:  "/  have  sent  my 
poem  to  the  Taylor  Memorial  Meeting"  [it  was  read  by 
Holmes] .  .  .  ,  '  ''How  good  a  reader  Holmes  may  be  I  do  not  know.  ..." 

The  letter  of  Jan.  17  is  especially  interesting,  as  Longfellow  men- 
tions how  many  times  the  number  "  18  "  has  figured  in  his  life — be- 
ginning with  a  reference  to  the  mystery  and  meaning  of  numbers, 
in  which  Dante  believed. 

On  Jan.  25:  "  '  Foefns  of  Places  '  is  finished.  It  is  now  in  the 
hands  of  the  printer.   ..." 

Mch.  7:    "  I  have  luritten  a  poem  on  the  Birthday  Chair." 

The  letter  of  November  2nd  is  very  interesting,  giving  his  re- 
collections OF  HIS  FIRST  writing  AS  A  BOY  OF  NINE,  etc.  His  let- 
ters of  Mch.  27  and  June  22,  1881,  give  valuable  details  as 
WELL  OF  HIS  early  WRITINGS.  The  final  letters  of  this  year  are  in 
the  hand  of  his  daughter  Annie,  but  initialled  by  Longfellow.  The 
last  letter  is  dated  March  14,  1882 — just  ten  days  before  his  death. 

It  IS  IMPOSSIBLE  TO  CONVEY  BY  THESE  BRIEF  EXTRACTS  AN 
ADEQUATE  IDEA  OF  THE  GREAT  INTEREST  AND  IMPORTANCE  OF 
THESE  LETTERS.  ThEY  ARE,  IN  FACT,  AN  EPITOME  OF  THE  POET's 
LIFE. 

553.  HENRY  W.  LONGFELLOW:  Biography,  Anec- 
dotes, Letters,  Criticisms,  by  W.  Sloane  Kennedy.  Third 
Edition.  12  illustrations,  zvith  2  portraits.  8vo,  original 
cloth,  gilt.  Cambridge:   Moses  King,  1882 

554.  HENRY    WADSWORTH    LONGFELLOW. 

A  Medley  in  Prose  and  Verse.      By  Richard  Henry  Stoddard. 
Portrait.     8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt. 

New  York:  George  W.  Harlan,  1882 

*  Dedicated  to  John  G.Whittier,  and  with  a  Bibliography  (including 
translations  into  European  languages)  of  Longfellow's  works. 

555-  TRIBUTES  TO  LONGFELLOW  AND 
EMERSON,  by  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 
Portraits.     Royal  4to,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

Boston:  A.  Williams  and  Co.,  1882 

*  No.   6  OF  25  COPIES  PRINTED  ON  WHATMAN  PAPER. 

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556.    HENRY    WADSWORTH    LONGFELLOW. 

Seventy-Fifth  Birthday.  Proceedings  of  the  Maine  His- 
torical Societ}'',  Feb.  27,  1882,  Portrait  and  view.  8vo, 
original  cloth,        Portland:  Hoyt,  Fogg  and  Dodham  [1882] 

*  Original  poems,  eulogies,  etc.,  on  Longfellow,  with  account  of 
his  ancestry,  etc.  Contains  a  telegram  from  Longfellow  and  an  Ode 
by  him. 

557-  THE  COMPLETE  POETICAL  AND  COM- 
PLETE PROSE  WORKS  OF  HENRY  W.  LONG- 
FELLOW. With  a  Biographical  Sketch,  by  Octavius  B. 
Frothingham.  Illustrated.  Complete  in  45  parts,  as  issued. 
Royal  4to,  wrappers,  uncut. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.  [1883] 

558.  THE  COURTSHIP  OF  MILES  STANDISH, 

arranged  for  School  Exhibitions  and  Private  Theatricals. 
Portrait  on  verso  of  cover.      i2mo,  original  wrappers. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1883 

559.  MICHAEL  ANGELO.  A  Dramatic  Poem.  Illus- 
trated.    4to,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mififlin  and  Co.,  1884 

*  Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press. 

560.   The   same.     In   the    original    sheets,   uncut. 

In  specially  made  cloth  case. 

561.  TWENTY  POEMS  FROM  HENRY  WADS- 
WORTH  LONGFELLOW.  Illustrated  from  Paintings 
by  his  son  Ernest  VV.  Longfellow.  In  sheets,  laid  in  original 
cloth  case.     8vo.      Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1884 

*  With  original  prospectus  laid  in. 

562.  THIRD  AND  FOURTH  ANNUAL  RE- 
PORTS OF  THE  DANTE  SOCIETY.  xMay  20th, 
1884,  and  May  19th,  1885.  2  parts,  8vo,  original  wrappers. 
Cambridge:  John  Wilson  and  Son,  1884-5  (Privately  Printed). 

*  The  issue  for  1885  contains  additional  Notes  to  the  Divine 
Comedy,  by  Longfellow.  The  issue  for  1884  contains  "A  List  of 
works  relating  to  Dante  published  in  the  United  States "  (with 
bibliographical  and  other  notes). 

102 


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563.  BOWDOIN  ORIENT:  Longfellow  Memorial  Num- 
ber, Feb.  27,  1885.      Royal  8vo^  original  wrappers. 

Brunswick,  Me.,  1885 

*  Letters,  poems,  etc.,  in  memory  of  Longfellow  from  his  college 
friends  and  others,  including  Whittier,  Holmes,  Hale,  Kellogg, 
Hamlin,  etc. 

564.  THE   LONGFELLOW   COLLECTORS' 

HANDBOOK.     A    Bibliography    of    First    Editions.      [By 

Beverly  Chew.]    i2mo,  original  half  vellum  and  boards,  uncut. 

New  York:  William  Evarts  Benjamin,  1885 

*  No.  I  of  an  edition  of  250  copies  signed  by  the  publisher.  With 
a  letter  from  the  author  to  Mr.  [C.  B.]  Foote  laid  in.  "  It  gives  me 
great  pleasure  to  send  you  herewith  No.  i  of  the  Longfellow  Col- 
lectors' Handbook.      The  work  looks  fairly  well,  etc." 

565.  THE  WRITINGS  OF  HENRY  WADS- 
WORTH  LONGFELLOW.  With  Bibliographical  and 
Critical  Notes.  Portraits  on  India  paper.  1 1  vols.  8vo, 
original  half  Holland  and  boards,  uncut. 

Cambridge:   Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1886 

*  Large  Paper  copy.  Only  500  copies  printed,  this  being 
No.  2.     Fine  set, 

566.  LIFE  OF  HENRY  WADSWORTH  LONG- 
FELLOW. With  Extracts  from  his  Journals  and  Corre- 
spondence. Edited  by  Samuel  Longfellow.  Etched  portraits, 
facsimiles,  etc.  2  vols.  8vo,  original  boards,  uncut.  Fine 
COPY.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Co.,  1886 

567.  LIFE  OF  HENRY  WADSWORTH  LONG- 
FELLOW". With  Extracts  from  his  Journals  and  Corre- 
spondence. Edited  by  Samuel  Longfellow.  Portraits  and 
illustrations.      3  vols,  post  8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt  tops,  uncut, 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mififlin  and  Co.  [1891] 

*  Laid  in  is  an  Autograph  Letter  Signed  (initials)  to  F.  O.  C. 
Darley,  the  famous  illustrator,  inviting  him  to  meet  Charles  Dickens. 

"  Ca?nb.  Nov.  2i,  1867.  My  dear  Darley.  The  day  is  to-tnorrow 
{Friday),  the  hour  is  nine  o'clock  in  the  evenitig  and  the  man  C.  D. 
Yours  truly,  H.    W.  Z." 

An  entry  in  Longfellow's  Journal  (Vol.  3,  page  100)  reads:  "...  In 
the  evening  Dickens  came  out  to  a  little  supper." 

568.   The  same.  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Co.,  1886 

*  Large  Paper  copy.  Only  300  printed.  With  the  portraits  on 
India  paper.     Laid  in  is  a  most  interesting  letter  [3  pp.  i2mo]  from 

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Samuel  Longfellow  (1882),  in  which  he  says  in  part:...  "  In  an- 
swer to  your  note  in  regard  to  my  brother'' s  poem  '  The  Bells  of  St. 
Bias,'  /am  able  to  tell  you  that  it  was  suggested  by  your  article  in 
Harper.  I  find  in  his  note-book  this  entry  as  a  suggestion  for  a  poem 
'The  Bells  of  San  Bias,'  Harper,  Mch.,  '82-^^2' .  . .  This  ivas  the 
last  poem  which  my  brother  zurote .  . .  It  has  seemed  to  me  a  fine  and 
fitting  conclusion  to  his  life's  work — 

'Out  of  the  shadows  of  night 

'  The  world  rolls  into  light 

'  It  is  daybreak  everywhere,'  etc.,  etc. 

The  McKee  copy  with  bookplate  engraved  by   E.    D.    French   in 
each  volume. 

569.  HENRY    WADSWORTH    LONGFELLOW. 

By  Thomas   VVentworth   Higginson.      Portrait,      i2mo,  orig- 
inal cloth  and  paper  label,  uncut. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1902 

*  American   Men   of  Letters.     Only  300  copies  issued.     Contains 
a  useful  bibliography,  pp.  303-316. 

570.  MORITURI  SALUTAMUS  [August,  1875]; 
Poem  on  Bayard  Taylor  [March,  1879],  articles  extracted 
from  Harper's;  Publisher's  Notice  [Jan.,  1882]  of  Longfel- 
low leaflets  to  be  issued,  illustrations  (from  the  Longfel- 
low Library  at  Craigie  House)  ;  Leaflet  of  the  Longfellow 
Memorial  Association  of  Cambridge  [1882  ?],  illustrations. 
(4  pieces.) 

571.  NEWSPAPER  CLIPPINGS,  ETC.  A  collec- 
tion of  clippings  from  various  newspapers  (with  a  few  por- 
traits), mainly  tributes  to  his  memory. 


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YEAR'S    LIFE 


JAMES   RUSSELL  LOWELL. 


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572.  HARVARDIANA  (a  monthly  Periodical).  Volume 
4,  complete  in  the  original  ten  numbers.  8vo,  wrappers,  as 
issued  (several  numbers  being  entirely  uncut). 

Cambridge:  Published  by  John  Owen,  1838 
*One  of  the  editors,  and  while  yet  a  Student  at  Harvard,  at 
the  age  of  19,  Lowell  contributed  to  this  volume  of  the  college 
Journal  his  earliest  printed  compositions,  consisting  of  13  poems  and 
eleven  prose  sketches,  all  of  which  remain  uncollected.  An  excep- 
tionally choice  copy  of  this  rare  periodical  with  the  general  title  and 
all  the  wrappers  intact.  On  one  cover  appears  the  autograph  of  C. 
W.  Scates,  another  of  the  co-editors. 

573.  CLASS  POEM.  8vo.  (Autograph  of  Augustus 
R.  Pope  on  front  cover.)  [Cambridge]  1838 

*  The  Author's  first  publication,  of  which  not  more  than  50  copies 
were  printed  for  private  distribution  among  members  of  the  class  of 
1838.     Very  rare. 

An  exceptionally  choice  copy  in  the  original  brown  wrappers, 
fresh  and  clean  throughout.  Laid  in  half  crimson  straight-grained 
morocco  covers,  and  the  whole  enclosed  in  full  crimson  morocco, 
solander  case,  gilt,  by  Bradstreet. 

THE  COPY  GIVEN  BY  LOWELL  TO  TENNYSON. 

574.  A  YEAR'S  LIFE.  i2mo,  original  boards  and 
label,  top  and  bottom  edges  uncut,  as  issued  (one  joint 
cracked  and  back  somewhat  rubbed). 

Boston:   C.  C.  Little  and  J,  Brown,  1841 

Presentation  copy  with  inscription  in  Lowell's  auto- 
graph. "  TO  ALFRED  TENNYSON,  FROM  THE  AUTHOR, 
BOSTON,  U.  S." 

Tennyson  and  Keats  were  the  two  modern  English  poets,  after 
Spenser,  for  whom  Lowell  expressed  the  greatest  preference,  and 
with  the  former  he  early  enjoyed  a  personal  friendship  which  con- 
tinued throughout  his  life.  In  1841  Lowell,  in  a  letter  to  E.  A. 
Duyckinck,  referring  to  a  projected  American  reprint  of  Tennyson's 
poems,  writes:  "  I  think  it  tvould  be  a  pity  to  reprint  his  poems  at  all 
— for  he  is  poor,  and  thai  would  deprive  him  of  what  little  profit  he 
might  make  by  their  sale  in  this  country  .  .  .  I  do  not  wish  you  to 
state  your  authority  for  this — but  you  7nay  depend  on  it  for  my  author- 
ity is  the  poet  himself.'"  This  letter  reveals  the  degree  of  intimacy 
which  existed  between  the  poets  at  that  early  day  and  the  spirit,  per- 
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haps,  with  which  the  young  American,  then  in  obscurity,  forwarded 
for  the  reassuring  commendation  of  his  friend  a  copy  of  his  "  first 
book  of  poems." 

A  RARE  ITEM  AND  ONE    OF   THE    MOST    INTENSE     ASSOCIATION    IN- 
TEREST.     Laid    in    half-morocco    covers,   the  whole    enclosed  in   full 
crimson  morocco  solander  case,  gilt  tooled,  by  Bradstreets. 
[See  Reproduction.] 

575-  THE  BOSTON  MISCELLANY  OF  LITER- 
ATURE AND  FASHION.  Edited  by  Nathan  Hale,  Jr. 
(Vols.  land  2,  Jan. -Dec,  1842.)  Nutnerous  engravings,  col- 
ored costume  plates^  etc.,  including  the  Washington  portrait  (one 
plate  missing).  2  vols,  in  one,  royal  8vo,  half  calf  (some- 
what rubbed).  Boston:    Bradbury,  Soden  &  Co.  [1842] 

*  Lowell  contributed  the  literary  notices,  eight  poems,  "  The  Old 
English  Dramatists"  and  "  The  First  Client,"  which  last  has  never 
been  reprinted,  nor  have  the  literary  notices.  Poe,  Longfellow, 
Hawthorne,  Thoreau  and  others  of  note  were  also  among  the  con- 
tributors. 

576.  THE  TOKEN  AND  ATLANTIC  SOUVE- 
NIR for  1842.  10 plates.  i2mo,  original  stamped  roan  gilt, 
gilt  edges.  Boston:  David  H.  Williams,  1842 

*  With  "  The  Ballad  of  the  Stranger,"  by  Lowell,  and  "  The  Two 
Locks  of  Hair,"  by  Longfellow.  The  poem  by  Lowell  was  omitted 
from  all  collected  editions  of  his  verse,  nor  is  it  mentioned  in  Scud- 
der's  Bibliography.     Fine  bright  copy  with  the  Arnold  book-label. 

577-  THE  LIBERTY  BELL.  By  Friends  of  Free- 
dom. Engraved  frontispiece.  [With  three  Sonnets  by  Lowell.] 
i6mo,  original  boards  (rebacked  with  cloth),  gilt  edges. 

Boston:   Massachusetts  Anti-Slavery  Fair,  1842 

578.  THE  LIBERTY  BELL.  By  Friends  of  Freedom. 
Portrait.  [With  "  Elegy  on  the  Death  of  Dr.  Channing, "  by 
Lowell.]  i2mo,  original  boards  (joints  somewhat  cracked), 
gilt  edges.        Boston:   Massachusetts  Anti-Slavery  Fair,  1843 

LOWELL'S  LETTER  TO  WHITTIER  ANNOUNCING    "THE 
PIONEER." 

579.  [LOWELL  (J.  R.).]  Portion  of  an  Autograph  Let- 
ter to  J.  G.  Wl)ittier.  i  p.  4to,  with  leaf  of  superscription, 
(damaged  by  having  the  signature  torn  off,  which  also  tore 
away  the  beginning  of  the  letter  on  the  opposite  side),  Octo- 
ber,   1842.     Accompanied   by  a   pencilled  copy   of  Lowell's 

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TlClorlis  of  James  IRussell  Xowell 

letter  to  Rev.  J.  S.  Dvvight  on  the  same  subject  as  verifying 
this  date. 

*  Highly  interesting  and  important  letter,  in  which  Lowell  an- 
nounces his  determination  to  edit  the  "  Pioneer,"  of  which  only  three 
numbers  appeared  (January,  February  and  March,  1843),  and  asking 
Whittier  for  contributions.  This  request  met  with  instant  response, 
and  it  would  seem  that  Whittier  immediately  started  to  write  a  poem, 
as  parts  of  two  verses  are  scribbled  by  him  on  the  leaf  of  superscrip- 
tion.    Lowell  says  in  part: 

"  A  Magazine  under  my  Editorial  charge,  which  is  to  be  called  the 
^Pioneer,'  (Sr^  is  to  be  a  free  magazine.  I  mean  that  it  shall  take  a 
high  stand  in  Art  &r  also  hold  itself  free  to  advaftce  or  comment  on 
all  the  great  movements  of  the  age.  It  is  to  keep  up  with  the  age  and  not 
behifidit — nay,  if  possible  it  shall  run  before,  as  its  name  would  indi- 
cate. If  the  undertaking  succeeds,  I  shall  pay  the  authors  higher  than 
any  other  magazine  in  the  land,  regarding  things  and  not  names  cr= 
paying  for  an  article's  -worth  inspirit  rather  than  its  current  value  in 
specie. 

"May  I  hope  yoti  will  send  me  something  for  my  first  nu7nber? 
Any  little  poem  that  you  may  have  by  you  will  be  acceptable  to  me.  I 
cannot  promise  to  pay  you  very  much  at  first,  for  the  expense  of  getting 
tip  such  a  work  t?iakes  large  holes  in  small  capital.  But  I  trust  that 
the  hope  of  aiding  a  good  Endeavor  tvill  be  enough  to  yoti,^'  etc. 

Followed  by  an  interesting  explanation  of  the  reason  for  Lowells 
writing  his  "Sonnets  "  in  the  May  Democratic  Review:  "  Oil  read- 
ing Wordsivorth^s  in  favor  of  bloodshed,  though  some  parts  of  them 
were  almost  unintelligible  by  the  fact  not  being  stated.  I  wish  I  were 
in  your  District  10  vote  FOR  YOU  AS  Member  of  Congress." 

580.  THE  PIONEER.  |  A  |  Literary  and  Critical  Maga- 
zine. I  J.  R.  Lowell  and  R.  Carter,  |  Editors  and  Proprie- 
tors. I  Vol.  I — No.  I.  2  illustrations.  8vo,  original  wrappers, 
some  pp.  unopened.  Boston:   Leland  and  Whiting,  1843 

*  Fine  copy.  Very  rare.  With  the  sheet  "  To  Periodical 
agents"  between  the  two  plates.  Contains  "  Our  Love  is  not  a 
Fading  Earthly  Flower  "  and  "The  Plays  of  Thomas  Middleton," 
by  Lowell,  and  "The  Tell  Tale  Heart,"  by  Poe. 

581.  THE  LIBERTY  BELL.  By  Friends  of  Free- 
dom. Portrait.  [With  Poem,  "A  Chippeway  Legend,"  by 
Lowell.]      i2mo,  original  boards  (rebacked  with  paper). 

Boston:   Massachusetts  Anti-Slavery  Fair,  1844 

*  With  stamp  on  verso  of  title:  "  Harvard  College  Library;  18 
Feb.,  1893.     Longfellow  gift." 

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582.  POEMS.  Thick  8vo,  half  green  morocco  gilt,  gilt 
top,  other  edges  uncut.  Cambridge:  John  Owen,  1844 

*  The  EXCESSIVELY  RARE  LARGE    AND  THICK    PaPER  isSUC  of   the 

First  Edition.  With  small  relief  stamp  of  the  Brown  University 
Library  on  title.  Not  more  than  six  copies  are  known,  one  of  which 
is  in  the  Hoe  library.  Richard  Grant  White  also  had  a  copy,  but  its 
whereabouts  is  unknown. 

583.  POEMS.  i2mo,  original  boards,  uncut  (rebacked 
with  cloth).  Cambridge:  John  Owen,  1844 

584.  POEMS.  i2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut  (back  a  little 
faded  and  lacks  one  end  paper),     London:  C.  E.  Mudie,  1844 

585.  THE  LIBERTY  MINSTREL.  (Song-Book, 
■?C'i^/i  words  and  music.)  By  G.  W.  Clark.  i6mo,  original 
cloth,  gilt.  New  York:   Leavitt  &  Alden,  1844 

*  Rare.  With  song  "  Rouse  Up  New  England."  By  a  Yankee 
(J.  R.  Lowell),  not  in  any  other  collection;  also,  Lowell's  "Are  Ye 
Truly  Free  ?"  Whittier's  "Texas,"  Longfellow's  "The  Quadroon 
Maiden,"  etc. 

586.  CONVERSATIONS  ON  SOME  OF  THE  OLD 
POETS.  i2mo,  original  illuminated  paper  wrappers,  uncut 
(portion  of  back  missing).  Cambridge,  1845 

*  Lowell's  first  volume  in  prose.     Very  rare  in  wrappers, 

PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  LOWELL. 

587.   The  same.     Very  fine  copy,  in  the  original 

ILLUMINATED  WRAPPERS,  TOTALLY  UNCUT,  WITH  PRESENTA- 
TION inscription  IN  THE  author's  HAND:  "71?  Charlcs  J. 
Peterson,  with  the  affectionate  regards  of  J.  R.  L.  Philadelphia^ 
Jan.  75,  184^.''  Laid  in  half  crimson  straight-grained  mo- 
rocco covers,  and  the  whole  enclosed  in  full  crimson  morocco 
solander  case,  gilt,  by  Bradstreet, 

588.  The  same.  First  English  Edition.  i2mo,  orig- 
inal wrappers  (rebacked  with  paper),  uncut.       London,  1845 

589.   The  same.      Second  Edition,  with  alterations  in 

the  text.      i2mo,  original  cloth.  Cambridge,  1846 

590.  THE  AMERICAN  ANTI-SLAVERY  ALMA- 
NAC for  1847.      I  2 mo,  sewn. 

New  York:  American  Anti-Slavery  Society  [1846] 

*  Rare.  Contains  a  portion  of  the  Biglow  Papers,  "  Hosea  and 
the  Recruiting  Sergeant"  here  published  two  years  in  advance  of  the 
first  edition  of  the  book. 

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591.  THE  LIBERTY  BELL.  By  Friends  of  Freedom. 
Portrait.  i2mo,  original  illuminated  boards,  gilt  edges 
(joints  slightly  cracked). 

Boston:   Massachusetts  Anti-Slavery  Fair,  1846 

*  With  "  The  Falconer,"   by  Lowell,  "The  Poet  of  Miletus,"  by 
Longfellow,  and  "  The  Slave  Mother,"  by  Maria  Lowell. 

592.  THE  LIBERTY  BELL.  By  Friends  of  Freedom 
[with  "  Extreme  Unction,"  by  Lowell,  and  "  A  Twilight 
Vision,"  by  Maria  Lowell].  i2mo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges 
(back  faded).       Boston:  National  Anti-Slavery  Bazaar,  1847 

*  Autograph  presentation  copy  from   Mrs.   Chapman,  one  of  the 
contributors. 

593.  THE  YOUNG  AMERICAN'S   MAGAZINE  of 

Self-Improvement.  Edited  by  Geo.  W.  Light  [with  3  orig- 
inal poems  by  Lowell].  Portrait  of  Benjamin  Franklin^  by 
G.  F.  Storm.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Chas.  H.  Pierce,  1847 

*  Volume  I,  all  published.      Fine  copy,  with  the  printed  slip  an- 
nouncing the  discontinuance  of  the  work. 

594.  MELIBOEUS-HIPPONAX.  THE  BIGLOW 
PAPERS.  Edited,  with  an  Introduction,  Glossary,  and 
copious  Index,  by  Homer  Wilbur.  i2mo,  original  (plain) 
paper  covers.  Cambridge,  1848 

*  First  issue.     Probably  an  advance  copy  sent  out  for  review. 

595.   The  same.      i2mo5  original  cloth. 

Cambridge,  1848 

*  First  issue.     Rev.  Henry  Ward  Beecher's  copy,  with  his  auto- 
graph in  pencil  and  an  autograph  slip  (in  ink)  inserted. 

596.   The  same.     First  issue.     i2mo,  original  boards 

(back  missing),  uncut,  and  almost  entirely  unopened. 

Cambridge  and  New  York,  1848 

597.   The  same.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Cambridge  and  New  York,  1848 

*  Second  issue  with  "Cambridge  and  New  York  "  imprint. 

598.  POEMS.  Second  Series.  121110,  original  brown 
cloth,  uncut  (top  margins  of  some  pp.  touched  with  damp). 

Cambridge:   George  Nichols,  1848 

599.  Another  copy,  in  original  boards  and  label  (back 

slightly  repaired). 

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600.  THE  VISION  OF  SIR  LAUNFAL.  i2mo,  orig- 
inal canary-colored  boards,  top  and  bottom  edges  uncut. 

*  Fine  copy.    Rare.         Cambridge:  Geo.  Nichols,  1848 

601.  A  FABLE  FOR  CRITICS.  lamo,  original  boards 
and  label  (joints  partially  cracked),  top  edge  uncut. 

New  York,  [i8]48 

*  Genuine  first  issue,  with  the  half-title,  advertisements  on  verso  of 
same  and  lacking  the  line  "  A  Vocal  and  Musical  Medley." 

LOWELL'S  CORRECTED  COPY  PRESENTED  TO  HIGGINSON. 

602.  The  same.  First  issue,  with  author's  auto- 
graph inscription:  "  T.  IV.  Higginson,  incerti  auctoris  donum^ 
Nov.  1848^  The  line,  "^  Vocal  and  Musical  Medley.,''''  is  sup- 
plied  BY  Lowell  on  the  title,  and  there  are  numerous 

TEXT  CORRECTIONS  THROUGHOUT    IN    LowELl's    HAND,       I2m0, 

original   boards   and  label,  top   edge  uncut   (portion  of  back 
missing).  New  York  [i8]48 

*  Laid  in  half  crimson  morocco  covers,  and  the  whole  enclosed  in 
full  crimson  morocco  solander  case,  by  Bradstreet. 

The  book  is  just  as  it  went  through  the  mail,  addressed 

ON     the     BACK      COVER     HiGGINSON       BY      LoWELL,     AND      MARKED 

"Paid"  by  him.  Pp.  6,  16,  25,  35,  42,  43,  54,  62,  65,  68,  70  and 
74  have  corrections  in  ink  by  Lowell.  There  are  names  supplied  in 
pencil  by  Higginson  throughout  where  Lowell  had  left  blanks. 
[Thoreau,  etc.] 

603.  The  same.  i2mo,  original  boards  (back  miss- 
ing). New  York,  1848 

*  Second  edition,  first  issue. 

604.   Another  copy.      i2mo,  cloth.      New  York,  1848 

*  Second    edition,     second    issue.      Half-title    omitted,  title    cor- 
rected, printer's  mark  on  verso  of  title,  new  preface,  6  pp.,  etc. 

605.    Another  copy.     i2mo,  boards.     New  York,  1848 

*  Second  edition,  without  new  preface. 

606.  THE  LIBERTY  BELL.  By  Friends  of  Free- 
dom. Engraved  title.  [With  Poems  by  J.  R.  and  Maria 
Lowell.]     i2mo,  original  cloth,  gilt. 

Boston:    National  Anti-Slavery  Bazaar,  1848 
110 


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607.  THE  NORTH  AMERICAN  for  April,  1848,  pp. 
357-400,  containing  an  Essay  on  Browning's  "Paracelsus," 
*'Sordello,"  "Bells  and  Pomegranates,"  by  Lowell.  Un- 
signed. In  the  original  sheets,  uncut,  never  having 
BEEN  STITCHED.     [From  the  Collection  of  Prof.  C.  E.  Norton.] 

*  "  You  will  find  an  article  of  mine  on  Browning  in  the  next  North 
American,  in  which  there  will  be  some  things  to  make  you  laugh." 
[Letters:  Vol.  I.,  p.  124.] 

608.  CELEBRATION  OF  THE  INTRODUC- 
TION OF  THE  WATER  OF  COCHITUATE 
LAKE  into  the  City  of  Boston,  Oct.  25,  1848.  [With  an 
Ode  by  Lowell,  as  sung  by  the  School  Children.]:  also, 
extra  number  of  the  "Illustrated  Mail"  (newspaper)  for 
Oct.  25,  1848,  containing  a  full  account  of  the  Celebration. 
8vo,  original  wrappers,  and  folio.      [2  pieces.]      Boston,  1848 

609.  POEMS.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  boards  and  labels, 
top  edges  uncut  (one  back  repaired  and  label  slightly  defec- 
tive). Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  1849 

*  The  First  Collected  Edition. 

610.  MEMORY  AND  HOPE.  [A  Collection  of  Poems, 
selected  from  various  authors,  including  "The  First  Snow- 
Fail,"  by  Lowell,]      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  1851 

611.  THE  LIBERTY  BELL.  By  Friends  of  Free- 
dom. [With  "  Youssouf,''  by  Lowell,  and  Translations,  by 
Emerson.]  Engraved  title.  i2mo,  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges. 
Fine  copy.  Boston:  Anti-Slavery  Bazaar,  1851 

612.  PERSONAL  MEMOIRS  AND  RECOLLEC- 
TIONS OF  EDITORIAL  LIFE.  By  Joseph  T.  Buck- 
ingham. [With  Poems  "The  Present  Crisis"  and  "On 
the  Capture  of  Certain  Fugitive  Slaves  near  Washington,"  by 
Lowell.]     Portrait.      2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  1852 

613.  POETICAL  WORKS.  Edited,  with  an  Intro- 
duction, by  Andrew  R.  Scoble.  Frontispiece  and  engraved 
title.      i6mo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

London:  Geo.  Routledge  &  Co.,  1853 
111 


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614.  THALATTA:  a  Book  for  the  Sea-Side.  i2mo, 
original  cloth,  top  edge  uncut. 

Boston:    Ticknor,   Reed  &  Fields,  1853 

*  With  "  Appledore,"  by  Lowell,  and  contributions  by  Thoreau, 
Emerson,  Longfellow  and  others. 

6(5.  ''OUR  OWN."  The  corrected  copy  by  Lowell  of 
Putnam's  issue,  part  of  the  original  MS.  and  other  interest- 
ing additions,  arranged  by  Mr.  Chamberlain  for  the  binder, 
as  follows : 

*  I :  The  poem  as  it  appeared,  extracted  from  Putnam's  Magazine  for 
April,  May  and  June,  1S53.  [On  S  of  the  17  sheets  are  MS.  correc- 
tions by  Lowell  (pencil),  with  instructions  what  to  use  and  where  to 
be  placed  in  the  volumes  of  collected  works,  published  in  1S90, 
under  the  title,  "  Fragments  of  an  Unfinished  Poem,"  in  which  it  is 
very  much  cut  down.] 

2:   Two  PAGES  of  the  manuscript  (54  lines)  beginning  with 
"  Upon  that  line  in  Byron  of  the  steed  that  knows  its  rider, '^ 

to 
"  A  Sailor  yet,  who  loved  the  fate  to  which  his  life  was  bound"      [Part 

of  which  Lowell  cut  out  of  the  Collected  Edition],  and 
"  With  Greece  and  Egypt,  but  they  were  great  artists  in  their  politics  " 

to 
"  The  newspapers  take  in  the  Age,  and  Stocks  do  all  the  thinking." 

3:  An  Autograph  Letter  Signed  of  Geo.  W.  Curtis,  Oct.  12, 
1853,  stating  that  he  enclosed  a  MS.  page  of  Lowell  [see  above]  and 
a  signature  of  Longfellow. 

4:  Autograph  signature  of  IL  W.  Longfellow  [as  above]. 
5:  Magazine   Extract  [Putnam's]    containing  a   critical    essay, 
"  Lowell  the  Poet  "  and  Lowell's   "  Fountain  of  Youth." 
[From  the  collections  of  C.  E.  Norton  and  C.  L.  Noble.] 

616.  THE  POETICAL  WORKS  OF  JOHN 
KEATS.  With  a  Life.  [By  Lowell.]  Portrait  of  the 
author.      i6mo,  original  cloth  and  label. 

Boston:   Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  1854 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label. 

PRESENTATION    COPY  OF    THE    POEMS  OF    MARIA  LOWELL, 

WITH    INSCRIPTION    IN    THE    AUTOGRAPH  OF 

J.   R.   LOWELL. 

617.  POEIVIS  OF  MARIA  LOWELL.  Photo,  por- 
trait. Square  i2mo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges  (somewhat 
rubbed  and  a  few  pages  slightly  spotted). 

Cambridge:   Privately  Printed,  1855 

*  Edited    anonymously    by    Lowell   and    one  of    only  50 

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COPIES     ISSUED     FOR     PRIVATE     DISTRIBUTION     AMONG    FRIENDS,    OF 

THE  First  Edition  of  the  exquisite  little  volume  of 
POEMS  BY  Mrs.  Lowell.  She  it  was  who  encouraged  Lowell  to 
publish  "  A  Year's  Life,"  and  of  them  and  her  Lowell  said:  "  IVere 
they  a  thousand  times  7nore  beautiful,  they  could  not  be  so  much  so  as 
she  is  to  me." 

With  Lowell's  autograph  inscription:  [Pencil]  "  To  R.  S. 
Chilton,  with  regards  of  J.  R.  L.  ist  Jan.  iS^y.'^  Laid  in  half  mo- 
rocco covers,  the  whole  enclosed  in  full  crimson  morocco  solander 
case,  by  Bradstreet. 

6i8.  ANTI-SLAVERY  FESTIVAL  IN  FANEUIL 
HALL.  A  Welcome  to  Parker  Pillsbury  on  his  safe  return 
to  America,  Wednesday  evening,  May  28,  1856.  Broadside, 
containing  4  Poems,  one  of  which,  "  Friends  of  Freedom, 
ye  who  stand,"  3  Stanzas  of  8  Lines  each  is  by  Lowell.  Folio, 
printed  within  ornamental  borders  (slight  hole,  not  injuring 
text).  Boston:   Prentice  and  Sawyer  [1856] 

*  Rare,  Lacking  in  the  Arnold,  Foote,  Pyser  and  other  well- 
known  collections.  The  poem  is  not  in  Lowell's  collected  works. 
Pillsbury  was  the  lecturing  agent  of  the  New  Hampshire,  Massa- 
chusetts and  American  Anti  Slavery  Societies  from  1840  until  the 
abolition  of  slavery,  and  was  the  editor  of  several  anti-slavery  papers. 

619.  THE  POETICAL  WORKS  OF  PERCY 
BYSSHE  SHELLEY,  edited  by  Mrs.  Shelley.  With  a 
Memoir  [by  Lowell,  pp.  XVII-XLI].  Portrait.  3  vols. 
i6mo,  original  cloth  and  labels. 

Boston:  Little,  Brown  &Co.,  1855 

*  Genuine  first  edition  without  Lowell's  name  as  author  of  the 
memoir.     The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-labels. 

620.    The    same.      Second    issue.      Portrait.      2    vols. 

i8mo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:  Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  1857 

621.  POETRY  OF  THE  BELLS.  Collected  by 
Samuel  Batchelder,  Jr.  [w^ith  poem,  "  Godminster  Chimes,"' 
by  Lowell].  Vignette  title  and  text  zvithin  borders.  lamo,  orig- 
inal cloth.  Riverside  Press  :  Printed  in  Aid  of  the  Cambridge 
Chime,  Houghton  &  Co.,  1858. 

622.  REPORT  of  the  Committee  of  the  Association  of 
the  Alumni  of  Harvard  College,  1857  [with  letter  by  Lowell, 
pp.  20].     8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  44. 

Cambridge:  Metcalf  and  Co.,  1858- 
113 


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623.  CELEBRATION  OF  THE  HUNDREDTH 
ANNIVERSARY  OF  THE    BIRTH  OF    ROBERT 

BURNS.  By  the  Boston  Burns'  Club,  Jan'y  25th,  1859, 
[With  Poems  by  Lowell,  VVhittier  and  Holmes;  Speeches  by 
Emerson  and  others.]      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   H.  W.  Button  &  Son,  1859 

624.  BURNS  FESTIVAL.  Boston,  Jan.  25,  1859.  A 
number  of  Autograph  Letters  Signed  in  response  to  invita- 
tions to  attend  the  Burns  Festival,  given  by  the  Boston  Burns 
Club,  Gen.  J.  S.  Tyler,  Pres.,  on  Jan.  25,  1859.    They  include : 

Gushing  (Caleb),  i  p.  8vo,  Bost.,  8  Jany.,  1S59. 

Emerson  (R.   W.),  3  pp.   8vo,    Concord,   Dec,   18,  1858;   and   2   pp. 

8vo,  Concord,  Dec.  27,  185S. 
Everett  (Edward),  2  pp.  4to,  "  Summer  St."  [Boston],  Jan.  22,  1859. 
Holmes  (O.  W.),  i  p.  8vo.  Boston,  Dec.  7,  1858. 

"  It  ivould give  me  great  pleasure  to  enjoy  the  hospitalities  of  your 
Association  on  a  day  which  makes  half  of  us  poets  and  all  of  us 
Scotchmen." 

Longfellow  (H.  W.),  2  pp.  i2mo,  Cambridge,  Dec.  2,  1S58. 
Lowell  (J.  R.),  I  p.  small  4to,  Cambridge,  Dec.  11.  1858. 

"  I  shall  cotne  with  great  pleasure  and  shall  have  my  contribution 
.  .  .  ready  if  there  shall  be  room  for  it."  [See  No.  675  for  Galley 
Proof  of  Lowell's  Poem.] 

Willis  (N.  P.),  2  pp.  8vo,  Idlewild,  Jan.  13,  '59. 
Winthrop  (R.  C),  3  pp.  8vo,  Boston,  Jan.  7,  1859. 

Unable  to  be  present,  and  writes  a  long  letter  to  be  read  instead, 
ending  with  a  toast  to  "The  Scots  in  N^ew  England 200 years  ago." 
(Nine  pieces.) 

625.  GIFTS  OF  GENIUS:  A  Miscellany  of  Prose  and 
Poetry.  By  American  Authors  [with  "Sea  Weed,"  by 
Lowell,  and  contribiitions  by  Bryant,  Longfellow,  Holmes 
and  others].      i2mo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

New  York:  Printed  for  A.  C.  Davenport  [1859] 

626.  THE  BIGLOW  PAPERS.  Newly  edited,  with 
a  Preface  by  the  Author  of  "  Tom  Brown's  School  Days  " 
[Thomas  Hughes].      Square  i2mo,  original  cloth. 

*Firstissue.    Fine  copy.     London  :  Triibner  &  Co. ,  1859 

627.  THE  BIGLOW  PAPERS.  With  additional 
Notes,  an  enlarged  Glossary,  etc.  i2mo,  original  cloth, 
uncut.  London  :  J.  C.  Hotten,  1861 

*  Second  English  Edition,  with  an  etched  frontispiece  and  two 
plates,  ALL  IN  COLORS,  by  Geo.  Cruikshank.     Fine  copy. 
114 


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LONGFELLOW'S   COPY. 

628.  MASON  AND  SLIDELL:  A  Yankee  Idyll.  [By 
Homer  Wilbur,]  8vo.  [Harvard  College  Library  Duplicate, 
with  relief  stamp  on  first  page  and  note  in  pencil,  "  Gift 
of  H.  W.  Longfelloiv  of  Cambridge^  Feb.  10,  iS'dj."]  Joalam, 
6th  Jan.,  1862  ; — [also]  The  Original  Magazine  appearance  of 
the  Poem  (pp.  259-270),  extracted  from  the  Atlantic  Monthly 
for  Feby.,  1862.  In  one  volume,  royal  8vo,  handsomely 
bound  in  full  crimson  crushed  levant,  gilt  back  and  sides,  in- 
side gold  borders,  by  Bradstreet,  1862. 

*An  interesting  copy  of  one  of  the  rarest  of  Lowell 
ITEMS.     Only  3  or  4  are  known. 

629.  IL  PESCEBALLO.  [Italian  text  by  F.  J.  Child, 
the  English  version  by  Jas.  R.  Lowell.]  i6mo,  sewn,  as 
issued,  in  4  signatures.  [Cambridge,  1862] 

*  The  genuine  first  issue  of  the  First  Edition.  Very 
RARE.  With  several  pp.  of  Mr.  Chamberlain's  notes  laid  in,  giving 
differences  of  issue  and  an  original  playbill  of  the  opera  as  it  was 
first  produced.  In  half  crimson  morocco  covers,  enclosed  in  full  crim- 
son morocco  solander  case,  by  Bradstreet. 

630.  The  same.  Second  issue  (printed  in  two  signa- 
tures) and  bound  in  with  "  The  Rebelliad  "  [Augustus 
Pierce,  1863;  and  Childe  Harvard,  Nathan  Ames,  Bost.  1851]. 
i6mo,  half  morocco.      Rare.  [Cambridge,  1862] 

RUSKIN'S  COPY. 

631.  IL    PESCEBALLO,  OPERA    IN    UN  ATTO. 

Musica  del  Maestro    Rossibelli-Donimozarti.      i2mo,  original 
light  gray-green  printed   wrappers,  pp.  32. 

Cambridge:  Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1862 

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graph of  Mr.  Chamberlain,  states:  ..."  Said  to  have  been  among 
Ruskin's  books  recently  sold  in  England.''  The  pencil  notes  on  the 
margins  are  thought  to  be  in  the  autograph  of  Ruskin.  In  half 
straight-grained  morocco  covers.  A  letter  of  C.  E.  Norton  is  laid  in 
referring  to  it. 

632.  FIRESIDE  TRAVELS.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor&  Fields,  1864 

*  First  issue  lacking  the  publisher's  list.  Later  issues  have  the 
advertisements  dated  Sept.,  1864,  etc.,  at  end.  ''■James  W.  Otis, 
with  Thos.  Parson  s  best  zvishes"  on  the  title. 

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633.  THE  PRESIDENT'S  POLICY.  8vo,  original 
wrappers,  pp.  22.  [Philadelphia,  1864] 

*FiNE  COPY.  Extremely  rare.  In  the  original  salmon  pink 
wrappers,  as  fresh  as  when  first  issued,  with  the  misspelled  word, 
"  cricises  "  on  the  first  line,  noted  by  Mr.  Chamberlain. 

634.  THE  BOATSWAIN'S  WHISTLE.  Published 
at  the  National  Sailor's  Fair.  Edited  by  Lowell,  Holmes, 
Whittier  and  others,  and  containing  original  Contributions. 
4to,  original  pictorial  wrappers.  Boston:  A.  Mudge  &  Son,  1864 

635.  THE  BIGLOW  PAPERS.  Second  Series.  Au- 
thorized Edition.      i2mo,  original  wrappers. 

London:  Triibner  &  Co.,  1864 

*  Genuine  first  edition,  antedating  the  appearance  of  the  first 
American  edition  by  ^  years. 

636.  THE  BIGLOW  PAPERS.  Second  Series,  Au- 
thorized People's  Edition,  London:  Triibner  &  Co.,  1865; 
\(ilso\  The  Biglovv  Papers,  with  additional  Notes  and  Enlarged 
Glossary,  London:  John  Camden  Hotten,  1865.  2  vols,  in 
one.      i2mo,  half  roan. 

637.  THE  BIGLOW  PAPERS.  With  additional  Notes 
and  Enlarged  Glossary.      i2mo,    original    printed    wrappers. 

London:  John  Camden  Hotten,  1865 

*  Later  English  issue. 

LOWELL'S  COMMEMORATION  ODE,   GIVEN  BY  HIM  TO 
RICHARD  GRANT  WHITE. 

638.  ODE  RECITED  AT  THE  COMMEMORA- 
TION OF  THE  LIVING  AND  DEAD  SOLDIERS 
OF  HARVARD  UNIVERSITY,  JULY  21,  1865.  Por- 
trait of  Lowell  on  India  paper  inserted.  Royal  8vo,  original 
boards,  paper  label  on  side,  gilt  top,  enclosed  in  a  full  blue 

MOROCCO  CASE,   RICHLY  TOOLED. 

Cambridge:   Privately  Printed,  1865 

*  Extremely  rare.  Only  50  copies  were  printed  for  the 
author's  use,  each  numbered,  this  copy  being  No.  27. 

Presentation  copy  from  Lowell,  with  inscription  in  his 
HAND:  "  To  Richard  Grant  White,  Esq,,  with  the  Author's  kind 
regards,  jrd  Sepfr  iS6j."  Laid  in  is  a  short  note  of  Richard  Grant 
White  and   his  stamp  is  on  verso  of  title,  thus  identifying  it  as 

THE    first  copy  OF  THIS    RARE  ITEM  EVER  SOLD  AT  AUCTION  (in  the 

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ODE 


RECITED     AT    THE 


COMMEMORATION 


THE   LIVING   AND    DEAD    SOLDIERS 
OF    HARVARD    UNIVERSITY, 

July  21,   1865. 
By  JAMES   RUSSELL  LOWELL. 


V  Er"  TR  1 


T^^SL.^.i'l 


CAMBRIDGE: 

PRIVATELY     PRINTED 
1865. 


[See   No.   638.] 


Morfts  ot  3ames  IRiissell  Xowell 

Library  of  Richard  Grant  White,  sold  in  New  York  in  1870).     Laid 
in  are: 

(i):  Autograph  Letter  signed  of  Lowell,  4  pp,  8vo,  Elmwood 
March  28,  1867,  on  his  letter-head,  to  Thos.  W.  Higginson,  re- 
lating entirely  to  this  work,  in  which  he  says,  referring  to  the 
proposed  reprint  of  the  Ode  in  the  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies: 
"  On  looking  further  I  find  to  my  intense  disgust  a  verse  without 
a  mate  in  the  last  stanza,  and  I  must  put  in  a  patch.  .  .  Item  VIII, 
please  make  this  change: 

"Virtue  treads  paths  that  end  not  in  the  grave," 
[followed    by    thirteen    lines,     making    the   eighth  stanza    entirely 
different  from  the'printed  version] ...    "  There  I  won't  open  the  book 
again  or  I  shall  write  you  another  7vorse  '  Ode '  instead  of  mending 
this. .  .   I  7visk  it  could  be  somewhere  that  the  ^Ode'  is  reprinted  'by 

request '..."  NONE  OF  these  CORRECTIONS  AND  ADDITIONS  WERE  USED 
BY  Mr.  HiGGINSON  in  the  reprint,  NOR  WAS  THIS  FINE  LETTER  OF 

Lowell's  exactly  reprinted  in  Norton's  "Letters  of  Lowell." 
(2):  A  short  autograph  letter  signed  of  Lowell,  i  p.  8vo, 
Elmwood,  Tuesday,  n.  d.,  to  the  same:  "Any  change  in  what  the 
ear  has  grown  "wonted  to  is  at  first  unpleasing,  but  you  shall  do  as  you 
like  about  your  copy  of  the  Ode,  and  of  mine  faro  altro  governo  if 
when  I  reprint  it.  .  .  I  am  discontented  7vith  that  passage  as  now.  .  ." 
(3):  A  letter  from  T.  W.  Higginson  to  Mr.  Chamberlain,  re- 
lating to  the  "  Ode." 

(4):  A  short  note  from  Richard  Grant  White. 
One  of  the  most  interesting — it  not  the  most  interesting — 
COPY  of  this  Ode  ever  offered  for  sale.  The  sixth  stanza  is 
a  wonderful  characterization  of  Lincoln,  and  it  is  said  by  Mr.  Scud- 
der  that  it  was  not  recited  at  Harvard,  in  fact,  not  even  having 
been  written  at  the  time  of  delivery,  but  was  added  almost  immediately 
afterwards. 

[See   Reproduction.] 

639.  GOOD  COMPANY  FOR  EVERY  DAY  IN 
THE  YEAR.  For  frails  of  Lowell,  Ifazvlhorne.,  Longfellow., 
and  Others.  i2mo,  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges  (small  relief  stamp  on 
title).  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1866 

*  With  poem,  "  Dara,"  by  Lowell,  from  Graham's  Magazine,  1850. 

640.  HARVARD  MEIVIORIAL  BIOGRAPHIES.    2 

vols.  8vo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  tops. 

Cambridge:   Sever  &  Francis,  1866 

*  Volume  I  contains  the  "Ode  Recited  at  the  Harvard  Commem- 
oration, July  21,  1865,"  with  text  differing  from  that  of  the  rare 
privately  printed  version  issued  the  year  previous. 

641.  MELIBCEUS-HIPPONAX.  THE  BIGLOW 
PAPERS.      Second  Series.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1867 

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642.  UNDER  THE  WILLOWS  AND  OTHER 
POEMS.      i2mo,  original  cloth, 

Boston:   Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.,  1869 

643.  POETICAL  WORKS.  Complete  Edition.  i6mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:   Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.,  i86g 

644.  THE  CATHEDRAL.  Vigndte  on  title.  i2mo,  orig- 
inal cloth.  Boston:   Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.,  1870 

WITH    LETTER    FROM  LOWELL  INSERTED. 

645.  AMONG  MY  BOOKS.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Fields,  Osgood  &Co.,  1870 

*  With  an  interesting  Autograph  Letter  (2  pp.  i2mo)  from  Lowell 
to  his  publisher,  in  reference  to  the  making  up  of  this  collection  of 
Essays:  ' '  /  shall  have  them  ready  in  a  few  tveeks  from  noiv.  I  have 
been  adding  and  annotating  more  or  less  all  sutntner.  I  propose  to 
include  the  critical  ones,  and  only  the  best  of  those.  Two  or  three 
hundred  pages,  I  suppose,  will  be  as  j)iuch  as  you  wa7it — so  that  six 
essays  at  most  zvillfill  up.  I  hope,  if  this  lovely  weather  lasts,  to  give 
you  a  poem  for  September,  but  in  the  heat,  when  I  swale  like  a  tallow 
candle,  I  am  not  up  to  such  expansion."  The  poem  referred  to  was, 
in  all  probability,  "The  Cathedral,"  which  the  author  completed  in 
the  November  of  the  same  year, 

646.  TRIBUTES  to  the  Memory  of  J.  P.  Kennedy  [with 
Address,  pp.  12-14,  by  Lowell],  8vo,  original  wrappers, 
pp.  16.  [Boston]:  Mass,  Hist.  Scty.  [1870] 

647.  THE  ATLANTIC  ALMANACK  for  1870  [with 
Poems  by  Lowell,  Bryant,  and  others].  Illustrated.  Royal  8vo, 
wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  72.    Boston  :  Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.  [1870] 

648.  MY  STUDY  WINDOWS.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &Co.,  187 1 

*  First  issue,  with  gilt  device,  of  Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.  on  back. 

649.   The  same.      Second  issue.  Boston,  1871 

650.  AMONG  MY  BOOKS.  Second  Series.  i2mo, 
original  green  cloth.  Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1876 

*  The  rare  first  issue,  with  copyright  date  "  1875." 

651.    The  same.      Second  issue.      Copyright  "1876." 

652.  OLD  SOUTH  MEETING-HOUSE.  Report  of 
a  Meeting  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Cambridge  in  Memorial  Hall, 
Harvard  College,  Jan'y  18th,  1877.  [With  an  Address  by 
Lowell,  pp.  6-10.]     8vo,  paper. 

Boston:   Press  of  Geo.  H.  Ellis,  1877 

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653.  THREE  MEMORIAL  POEMS.  Square  i6mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1877 

*With  a  mis-spelled  word  in  the  Dedication,  "  ackowledgment." 

654.  THE  ROSE.  With  illustrations.  Square  lamo,  orig- 
inal cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges.      Boston  :  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1878 

*  First  separate  edition. 

655.  DEATH  OF  PRESIDENT  GARFIELD.  Meet- 
ing of  Americans  in  London  at  E.xeter  Hall,  24  September, 
1 88 1.  Photo  portrait  and  text  within  7nourning  borders.  Square 
8vo,  original  white  cloth,  uncut.     London  :  B.  F.  Stevens,  1881 

*  With  preface  and  address  by  Lowell.  An  attempt  has  been 
made  to  distinguish  between  the  issue oi  the  above  and  the  lot  follow- 
ing, though  Mr.  Chamberlain  seems  to  have  accepted  as  final  an  ex- 
pression from  the  publisher  that  the  two  issues  were  given  out  simul- 
taneously, the  only  difference  being  in  that  the  above  was  on  larger 
and  finer  paper,  uncut,  and  published  at  a  higher  price.  No  copies 
were  issued  in  paper  in  uncut  state. 

Laid  in  is  an  autograph  letter  from  Charles  Eliot  Norton  referring 
to  the  above,  in  which  he  inclines  to  the  belief  that  Mr.  Stevens,  the 
publisher,  was  the  author  of  the  preface,  and  not  Mr.  Lowell,  as  has 
been  recently  supposed. 

656.   Another  copy,  in  original  paper  wrappers. 

London,  1881 

LOWELL'S  COPY  OF  "DEMOCRACY." 

657.  ADDRESS  I  (ON  DEMOCRACY).  Delivered  be- 
fore the  Birmingham  and  Midland  Listitute  j  at  Birmingham,  | 
on  Monday,  October  6th,  1884,  |  by  |  James  Russell  Low^ell, 
D.C.L.,  LL.D.,  &c.,  &c.  Square  8vo,  stitched  as  issued,  with 
printed  front  cover,  pp.  24  (small  ink-stain  on  last  3  pp.).     In  a 

FULL    CRIMSON    CRUSHED    LEVANT   MOROCCO    SOLANDER  CASE,   BY 

Bradstreet.  [London:   Harrison  and  Sons,  1884] 

*  Proof  copy  struck  off  for  the  author's  private  use 
while  delivering  the  address,  and  for  the  members  of 
THE  Press.  Printed  on  one  side  of  the  paper  only,  in 
which  state  only  a  very  few  copies  were  issued. 

James  Russell  Lowell's  own  copy,  with  additions  in  his 
HAND  ON  pages  7,  9  and  i6,  and  his  autograph  signature  laid  in. 
A  letter  enclosed  says:  "  The  original  and  the  Arnold  copies  are  the 
only  survivors  of  the  London  Proof  Copies  "  but  another  copy  is  in 
a  New  York  collection,  making  in  all  only  three  copies  known 
in  America. 

This  address  was  delivered  by  Lowell  on  the  occasion  of  his  assum- 
ing the  Presidency  of  the  Birmingham  and  Midland  Institute,  during 
119 


Xlbe  Collection  of  3,  C.  Cbamberlatn 

his  term  as  American  Minister  to  England.  Lowell  presented  the 
original  to  Mr.  Wilson  King  [at  whose  house  in  Birmingham  he  wasen- 
tertained  at  the  time],  with  the  following  amusing  autograph  inscrip- 
tion: "  To  IVilson  King  I  give  the  blunderbuss,  emptied  of  its  charge, 
with  very  sincere  regard.     J.  Russell  Lowell,  6th  October,  1884." 

Laid  in  are  three  autograph  letters  from  Mr.  Wilson  King  to  Mr. 
Chamberlain,  relating  to  the  item,  two  letters  from  Mr.  Davis,  and 
other  letters  and  notes  of  Mr.  Chamberlain  giving  changes  in  the 
Wilson  King  copy. 

658.  ADDRESS  I  (ON    DEMOCRACY).      The  rare 

LIMITED    ISSUE    PUBLISHED  BY   THE    BIRMINGHAM    AND    MIDLAND 

Institute  for  its  members  only,  with  a  copy  of  the  Annual 
Circular  of  the  Institute,  and  prospectus  card  (facsimile  of 
the  title  laid  in).  Fine,  unopened  copy.  8vo,  sewn,  pp.  15. 
Birmingham:  Cond  Bros.,  Paternoster  Row,  Moor  St.  [1884]. 

659.  THE  PALL  MALL  BUDGET,  Oct.  lo,  1884 
[with  Lowell's  "Democracy,"  at  p.  13].  Folio,  original 
wrappers.  London,  1884 

660.  BROWNING  SOCIETY.  Monthly  Abstract  of 
Proceedings,  Friday,  Apl.  24th,  1884  [with  an  Address  by 
Lowell].      8vo,  sewn.  n.  p.,  1884 

*  Issued  to  members  of  the  Society  only. 

661.  TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  WORDSWORTH 
SOCIETY.  No.  VI.  [With  an  Address  by  Lowell,  as 
President,  pp.  12-24.]  Frontispiece.  8vo,  original  paper 
covers,  cloth  back.  [Edinburgh,  1884] 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label.  At  the  end  is  a  Catalogue 
of  Wordsworth's  Library,  which  was  particularly  rich  in  privately 
printed  works  and  items  but  little  known. 

662.  CELEBRATION  OF  THE  TWO  HUN- 
DREDTH   AND     FIFTIETH    ANNIVERSARY    of 

the  Incorporation  of  Concord,  Sept.  12,  1885,  1635-1885. 
[With  an  Address  by  Lowell,  pp.  65-69.]  8vo,  original  wrap- 
pers. Concord,  Mass.:   Published  by  the  Town  [1885] 

*  Presentation  copy  from  U.  S.  Senator  Geo.  F.  Hoar  [Orator  of 
the  day]  to  Chief  Justice  Waite,  with  MS.  corrections  by  the  donor. 

663.  UNDER  THE  OLD  ELM  and  other  Poems. 
With  Notes  and  a  Biographical  Sketch.  Portrait  on  verso  of 
front  wrapper.  (Riverside  Literature  Series.)  i6mo,  original 
printed  wrappers. 

Boston  and  New  York:    Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1885. 
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FOURTH   SESSI0:N^. 

664.  PROCEEDINGS  at  the  Dedication  of  the  New 
Librar}^  Building,  Chelsea,  Mass.  [with  the  Address  by 
Lowell,  pp.  16-30].      8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  32. 

Cambridge:  John  Wilson  &:  Son,  1886 

665.  FIFTH  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE 
DANTE  SOCIETY  [with  the  Address,  pp.  17-38,  by 
Lowell].      8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  74. 

Cambridge:  John  Wilson  &  Son,  1886 

666.  PROCEEDINGS  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society  [with  Address  by  Lowell].  8vo,  original  wrappers 
(pp.  1-55  missing).  [Boston,  1887] 

667.  REPORT  of  the  Proceedings  at  the  Dinner  given  by 
the  Society  of  Authors  to  American  Men  and  Women  of  Let- 
ters, 1888  [with  a  lengthy  Speech  by  Lowell].  8vo,  original 
wrappers,  pp.  47.  London:  Society  of  Authors,  1888 

668.  A  RECORD  OF   THE  COMMEMORATION, 

Nov.  5th  to  8th,  1886,  of  the  Two  Hundred  and  Fiftieth 
Anniversary  of  the  Founding  of  Harvard  College 
[with  orations,  poems,  etc.,  by  Lowell,  Holmes  and  others]. 
JFrontispiece-facsiinile.      Royal  8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

Cambridge:  John  Wilson  &  Son,  1887 

669.  DEMOCRACY  AND  OTHER  ADDRESSES. 

i2mo,  original  cloth  and   label,  entirely   uncut. 

Boston  and  New  York:  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1887 

*  One  of  only  a  few  copies  so  issued. 

670.  POLITICAL  ESSAYS.  Small  8vo,  original  cloth, 
paper  label,  uncut. 

Boston  and  New  York:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &Co.,  1888 

*  Only  75  copies  so  issued. 

671.  THE  ENGLISH  POETS:  and  Lessing,  and  Rous- 
seau: Essays.  With  "An  Apology  for  a  Preface."  (The 
Camelot  Series, edited  by  Ernest  Rhys.)    i6mo, original  cloth. 

London:  Walter  Scott,  1888 
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Ubc  Collection  ot  3.  C.  (Xbamberlafn 

672.  PROCEEDINGS  at  the  Meeting  for  the  Formation 
of  the  International  Copyright  Association,  Parker 
House,  Dec.  27,  1SS7  [with  an  Address  b}^  Lowell  as  Chair- 
man, pp.  11-12].      8vo,  sewn. 

Boston:   Press  of  Rockwell  and  Churchill,  1888 

673.  REPORT  OF  THE  PROCEEDINGS  AT 
THE  DINNER  GIVEN  BY  THE  [LONDON]  SOCI- 
ETY OF  AUTHORS  to  American  Men  and  Women  of 
Letters,  Wednesday,  July  25,  1888  [with  an  address  by 
Lowell,  pp.  18-25].      8vo,  original  wrappers. 

London  :  Societ}' of  Authors,   1888 

674.  HEARTSEASE  AND  RUE.  Portrait  of  the 
author.      i2mo,  original  cloth  and  label,  uncut  and  unopened. 

Boston  and   New  York:  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1888 

*  One  of  250  copies  issued  uncut  and  with  tiie  label. 

675.  TWO  GALLEY  PROOF  SHEETS  OF  ''Hearts- 
ease a7id  Jiiic^"  18SS,  corrected  by  Lowell;  and,  in  addition, 
the  Original  Manuscript  of  the  additional  Three  Verses  of 
'''•Love's  Clock,"  added  by  Lowell  on  the  return  of  the  Proof 
[which  he  has  pasted  on  it]. 

*  These  galley  proofs  contain  the  long  poems  of  "  The  Burns 
Centennial"  *' To  C.  F.  Bradford''  '''In  the  Half- Way  House" 
and  a  part  of  "  To  Holmes  on  his  J^th  Birthday"  as  well  as  a  num- 
ber of  shorter  ones,  with  hundreds  of  corrections,  alterations  and 
additions  in  Lowell's  hand,  whole  lines  being  rewritten  in  some  cases, 
and  with  the  important  addition  above  alluded  to  of  the  three  verses 
to'  ''Love's  deck.''  Accompanied  by  a  few  lines  of  authentication 
signed  C.  E.  Norton. 

676.  THE    INDEPENDENT     IN    POLITICS.     An 

Address  delivered  before  the  Reform  Club  of  New  York, 
Apl,  13,  18SS.  i2mo,  original  wrappers,  uncut.  [Reform 
Club    Series  No.  i.]  New  York:   The  Reform  Club,  1888 

677.  The    same.      Large    Paper.      No.    123  of  only 

300  copies  so  issued.      Royal  8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut. 

678.  THE  COMPLETE  ANGLER  ;  or,  The  Con- 
templative Man's  Recreation,  of  Izaak  Walton  and  Charles 
Cotton.  With  an  Introduction  by  J.  R.  Lowell.  Full-fage 
plates,  proofs  on  Japan  paper  and  nutnerous  illustrations  in  the 
text.      2  vols.   Svo,  cloth,  gilt,  entirely  uncut, 

Boston:   Little,  Brown  &:  Co.,  1889 

*  Laroe  Paper.     No.  397  of  500  copies  so  issued. 

122 


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679.  AREOPAGITICA.  A  Speech  of  Mr.  John  Milton 
for  the  Liberty  of  Unlicensed  Printing  to  the  Parliament  of 
England.  With  an  Introduction  by  James  Russell  Lowell. 
Etched  portrait  of  the  author.  i6mo,  original  boards  and 
label  and  uncut.  New  York:  The  Grolier  Club,  1890 

*  Grolier  Club  Publication.     One  of  325  copies  issued. 

680.  PUBLICATIONS  of  the  Modern  Language  Asso- 
ciation of  America,  Vol.  5,  No.  i  [with  the  lengthy  Address 
by  Lowell].      8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  32. 

Baltimore,  1890 

681.  LATEST  LITERARY  ESSAYS  and  Addresses. 
Portrait  of  the  author  on  India  paper.  8vo,  original  half  cloth 
and  boards,  with  label,  uncut  and  unopened. 

Cambridge:   Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1891 

*  Large  Paper.     No.  286  of  300  copies  printed. 

682.   The  same.      i2mo,  original  cloth  gilt,  uncut. 

Boston,  1892 

*  Issued    simultaneously    with    the    Large    Paper  edition,   though 
dated  one  year  later, 

683.  THE  OLD  ENGLISH  DRAMATISTS.  Por- 
trait.    i2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

Boston  and  New  York:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1892 

684.  The    same.     Large    Paper.      No.     ho  of    300 

copies    so    printed.      Portrait   on    India  paper.      8vo,  original 
half  cloth  and  boards,  with  label,  uncut  and  unopened, 

Cambridge:   Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1892 

685.  THE  WRITINGS  OF  JAMES  RUSSELL 
LOWELL,  including  the  Old  English  Dramatists  and 
Latest  Literary  Essays  and  Addresses.  Full  page  portraits, 
proof  impressions  on   India  paper.      Together  12  vols.      Royal 

8vo,  original  half  white  cloth  and  boards,  with  labels,  uncut 
and  almost  entirely  unopened. 

Cambridge:   Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1890-92 

*  Fine   and   handsome  set,  limited  to  300  copies  for  America,  this 
copy  being  No.  104. 

686.  AMERICAN  IDEAS  FOR  ENGLISH  READ- 
ERS. With  Introduction  by  Henry  Stone.  Portrait.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:  J.  B.  Cupples  &  Co.  [1892] 

123 


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687.  THE  VISION  OF  SIR  LAUNFAL.  mVi  designs 
by  E.  H.  Garrett.  Small  8vo,  original  vellum  gilt,  gilt  top, 
uncut.  Cambridge:    Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1891 

*  No.   27  of  only   100  copies  printed  throughout  on  Japan 

VELLUM    PAPER. 

688.  AN  EPISODE  in  the  Life  of  J.  R.  Lowell.  By  A.  D. 
Hallowell.   [Harper's  Weekly,  Ap.  23,  1892.]   [NewYork,  1892] 

689.  CONVERSATIONS  ON  SOME  OF  THE 
OLD  POETS.  With  an  Introduction  by  Robert  Ellis 
Thompson.  Third  Edition.  Enlarged  [by  the  addition  of 
two  Essays,  "Thomas  Middleton  "  and  "The  English  Song 
Writers,"  now  first  collected].      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Philadelphia:  David  McKay,  1893 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label. 

690.  THE  POET  AND  THE  MAN.  Recollections 
and  Appreciations  of  James  Russell  Lowell.  By  Francis  J. 
Underwood.  Portrait.  i2mo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  top, 
uncut.  Boston:   Lee  &  Shepard,  1893 

691.  LETTERS  OF  JAMES  RUSSELL  LOWELL. 

Edited  by  Charles  Eliot  Norton.  Portraits.  2  vols,  thick 
8vo,  original  buckram,  gilt  tops,  uncut  and  unopened. 

New  York:   Harper  &  Bros.,  1894 

692.  THE  HARVARD  CRIMSON  SUPPLEMENT, 

containing  Unpublished  Fragments  furnished  by  Charles 
Eliot  Norton,  from  the  College  Lectures  of  James  Russell 
Lowell.     Six  Nos.     Small  folio  (as  issued).    Cambridge,  1894 

*  All  issued.     Rare. 

693.  THE  ATLANTIC  MONTHLY,  August,  1894 
[the  sections  containing  Lowell's  Letters  to  Poe].      Svo. 

694.  THE  POEMS  OF  JOHN  DONNE,  from  the 
Text  of  the  Edition  of  1633.  Revised  by  James  Russell 
Lowell,  with  Preface,  Introduction  and  Notes  by  Charles 
Eliot  Norton.  Portraits.  2  vols.  i2mo,  cloth  gilt,  uncut 
and  unopened.  New  York:  The  Grolier  Club,  1895 

*  Grolier  Club  Publication.     One  of  only  383  copies  printed. 

695.  LAST  POEMS.  Portrait  of  the  author.  12 mo, 
original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Boston  and  New  York:  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1895 
124 


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'Cllloi'1^5  Of  James  IRussell  Xowell 

696.  LECTURES  ON   THE    ENGLISH    POETS. 

8vo,   original  half  crimped  morocco,  uncut  and  unopened. 

Cleveland:  The  Rowfant  Club,  1897 
*  Rowfant  Club  Publication.     No.  166  of  224  copies  issued.     The 
Arnold  copy. 

697.  IL  PESCEBALLO:  Opera  in  one  Act,  Italian 
words  by  Francis  James  Child;  English  Version  by  James 
Russell  Lowell.  Facsimile  of  the  original  title.  i2mo,  origi- 
nal cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut.     Chicago:  The  Caxton  Club,  1899 

*  Caxton  Club  Publication.    One  of  207  copies  on  handmade  paper. 

698.  IMPRESSIONS  OF  SPAIN.  Compiled  by 
Joseph  B.  Gilder.  With  an  Introduction  by  A,  A.  Adee. 
Portrait.  i2mo,  original  half  vellum  and  boards,  gilt  top, 
uncut.    Boston  and  New  York:  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1899 

699.  JAMES  RUSSELL  LOWELL  AND  HIS 
FRIENDS.  By  Edward  Everett  Hale.  With  portraits, 
facsimiles  and  other  illustrations.  8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt  top, 
uncut.   Boston  and  New  York:  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1899 

700.  JAMES  RUSSELL  LOWELL:  a  Biography. 
By  Horace  Elisha  Scudder.  Numerous  full-page  portraits.^ 
vieivs  and  facsimiles.  2  vols.  Svo,  original  half  cloth  and 
boards,  with  labels,  totally  uncut. 

Cambridge:   Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1901 

*  Large  Paper.  No.  46  of  only  350  copies  issued  for  Europe 
and  America. 

Includes  several  letters  here  first  published,  together  with  copious 
notes  and  a  valuable  chronologically  arranged  bibliography  of  Mr. 
Lowell's  writings. 

701.  THE  ANTI-SLAVERY  PAPERS  OF  JAMES 
RUSSELL  LOWELL.  2  vols,  large  8vo,  original  boards 
and  labels,  uncut  and  unopened. 

Boston  and  New  York:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1902 

*  Riverside  Press  Publication.     No.  3  of  525  copies. 

702.  DEMOCRACY.  An  Essay  delivered  in  the  Town 
Hall,  Birmingham.  By  Hon.  James  Russell  Lowell,  Ameri- 
can Minister  in  London.  i2mo,  original  half  cloth  and 
boards,  uncut.  The  Riverside  Press,  1902 

*  Riverside  Press  Publication.     No.  148  of  500  copies. 

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mov]\Q  of  jEbgar  Elian  poe. 

703.    MISCELLANEOUS     SELECTIONS      AND 
ORIGINAL   PIECES  IN  PROSE  AND  VERSE.      By 

Elizabeth  Chase.  lamo,  half  roan  gilt,  uncut,  n,  p.  Pub- 
lished for  the  Editor  b}^  E.  J.  Coale,  Richard  J,  Metchett, 
Printer,  1821, 

*  Contains  "  Monody  on  the  Death  of  General  Joseph  Sterett,  by 
a  very  Young  Gentleman  of  Baltimore,"  signed  "  Edgar, "and  twenty 
other  poems  by  the  same  hand.  "A  Dream,"  "To  Sorrow," 
"Twilight,"  "A  Lily,"  "  To  Despondency,"  etc.  A  note  to  one 
of  the  pieces  states  that  they  were  composed  by  a  youth  of  eighteen. 
These  poems  have  been  attributed  to  Edgar  Allan  Poe,  and  the  age, 
given  as  "eighteen,"  is  possibly  a  fiction  to  disguise  the  extreme 
youth  of  the  poet.  Toe  at  this  period  was  writing  verse,  though  still 
ai  school ;  for  it  is  related  that  about  this  time  Mr.  Allan  showed  a 
manuscript  volume  of  poems  written  by  him  to  the  young  ladies  of 
Richmond.  Though  as  yet  no  evidence  has  been  brought  forward 
to  prove  conclusively  that  these  poems  were  the  productions  of  Poe, 
still,  upon  a  close  examination  of  them,  and  particularly  after  a  com- 
parison of  them  with  the  "  Fugitive  Pieces  "  (written  in  1821)  and 
published  with  "Tamerlane"  in  1827,  it  is  difficult  to  believe  other- 
wise than  that  they  were  by  the  same  hand.  The  decided  preference 
in  the  choice  of  doleful  and  melancholy  themes,  the  frequent  employ- 
ment of  imagery  drawn  from  the  beauties  of  nature — the  heavens, 
flowers,  etc.,  and  the  occasional  reiteration  of  liquid  sounds  and 
alliterative  combinations  in  the  versification  here  exhibited,  it  seems, 
all  tend  to  strengthen  this  belief.      Rare. 


PRESENTATION    COPY    FROM   ROSE    M.    POE,    SISTER    OF 
E.    A.   POE. 

704.  AL   AARAAF,   TAMERLANE   AND  MINOR 
POEMS.     8vo,  original  boards,  totally  uncut. 

Baltimore:  Hatch  &  Dunning,  1829 

*  One  of  the  finest  copies  known,  and  with  autograph  inscription, 
'^Presented  to  E.   .   .   .  by  her  friend  Rose  M,  Poe." 

Enclosed  in  a  case  made  to  represent  a  volume  beautifully  bound 
in  full  dark  green  crushed  levant,  elaborately  gilt  with  broad 
gold  borders  and  center-piece,  ornamental  back,  broad  inside 
borders  in  gilt  dentelle,  leather  joints,  cream-colored  watered-silk 
doubles  and  end  papers,  solid  gold  edges,  by  Bradstreet.  This 
case  in  turn  preserved  in  a  dark  green  solander  case  of  polished  mo- 
126 


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AMD 


lAinoi^  pozifis. 


BV  XXDOAR  A.  POE. 


BALTIMORE: 
HATCH  &  DUNNING. 


J  829. 

[See  No.  704.] 


rocco  gilt  by  the  same  binder.  Apparently  an  original  idea  of  Mr. 
Chamberlain.  The  case,  in  point  of  beauty  and  delicate  execu- 
tion, seems  a  fitting  resting  place  for  what  he  unquestionably  consid- 
ered the  piece  de  resistance  of  his  collection.  This  copy  was  bought 
at  the  sale  of  the  library  of  Mr.  Frederick  W.  French,  of  Boston,  in 
igoi,  and  the  excessive  rarity  of  the  item  is  too  well  known  to  require 
any  particular  notice  here,  but  few  copies  being  in  existence.  The 
inscription,  however,  by  one  so  near  to  the  author,  adds  a  personal 
interest  to  this  copy  which  we  believe  is  possessed  by  but  one  other. 

[See  Reproduction.] 


PRESENTATION   COPY   FROM    POE. 

705.  POEMS  I  by  I  Edgar  A.  Poe.  |  (rule)  |  Toutlemonde 
a  raison. — Rochefoucault.  |  Second  Edition.  [  (rule)  |  New 
York:  |  Published  by  Elam  Bliss.  |  (rule)  |  1831.  i6mo, 
original  cloth,  top  edge  and  some  leaves  uncut  as  issued 
(text  somewhat  time-stained). 

New  York:  Published  by  Elam  Bliss,  1831 

*  Presentation  copy,  with  inscription  in  the  author's 
AUTOGRAPH— "  MR.  THEO:  S.  FAY,  WITH  THE  AUTHOR'S 
COMPLIMENTS."  Also,  with  presentation  inscription  (in  pencil  on 
title),  "David  Graham,  Jr.,  from  his  friend  Theo.  S.Fay." 

The  present  volume  purported  to  be  a  second  edition  of  the  Balti- 
more issue  [1829]  of  "  Al  Aaraaf,  Tamerlane,  etc."  though  it  differs 
widely  from  that  edition  in  many  points,  materially  by  the  omission 
of  six  short  poems  and  the  addition  of  the  first  versions  of  "  To 
Helen,"  "  The  Sleeper,"  "  Lenore,"  "The  Valley  of  Unrest,"  "The 
City  in  the  Sea,"  and  "  Israfel,"  and,  with  considerable  alterations 
and  new  lines  in  the  poems,    "  AI  Aaraaf"  and  "  Tamerlane." 

The  book  was  prepared  for  the  press  only  a  short  time  before  the 
author's  expulsion  from  the  military  academy  at  West  Point,  and  it 
is  said  that  the  publisher  undertook  its  issue  only  on  the  strength  of 
a  subscription  gotten  up  among  the  poet's  fellow-cadets  there,  the 
volume  being  "  respectfully  dedicated  "  to  them. 

Some  copies  have  the  words,  "  The  End,"  on  the  last  page, 
though  this  copy  is  without  it,  signifying,  no  doubt,  one  of  the 
earliest  issues.     Enclosed  in  a  dark  green  morocco  solander  case. 

Very  rare.  Not  more  than  half  a  dozen  copies  known.  From 
the  library  of  Gouverneur  Kemble,  the  friend  of  Washington  Irving. 

706.  POEMS.  Second  Edition.  i6mo,  original  cloth, 
top  edge  uncut.       New  York:  Published  by  Elam  Bliss,  1831 

*  Some  pp.  spotted  here  and  there  and  two  first  fly-leaves  torn. 
Enclosed  in  a   red  morocco   solander  case,  by  Bradstreet.      Very 

RARE. 

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707.  THE  NARRATIVE  OF  ARTHUR  GORDON 

PYM  of  Nantucket.  i2mo,  original  clotla  and  label,  uncut, 
witli  16  pp.  of  advertisements,  dated  May,  1838. 

New  York:  Harper  &  Bros.,  183S 

708.  THE  CONCHOLOGIST'S  FIRST  BOOK;  or,  A 

System  of  Testaceous  Malacology,  arranged  expressly  for  the 
Use  of  Schools.  By  Edgar  A.  Poe.  12  full-page  plates. 
i2mo,  original  half  roan  and  printed  boards. 

Philadelphia:  Published  for  the  Author,  1839 

*  In  this  copy  the  plates  are  colored.     Rare  in  this  state. 

709.   The  same.      With  the  plates  uncolored. 

710.  THE  CONCHOLOGIST^S  FIRST  BOOK.     A 

System  of  Testaceous  Malacology,  arranged  expressly  for  the 
Use  of  Schools.  12  plates,  uncolored.  lamo,  original  half  roan 
and  boards.  Philadelphia:  Published  for  the  Author,  1840 

*  With  new  preface  and  corrections  in  the  text.     First  issue  thus. 

711.  TALES  OF  THE  GROTESQUE  AND  ARA- 
BESQUE. By  Edgar  A,  Poe.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth 
and  labels  (margins  somewhat  water-stained). 

Philadelphia:  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1840 

*  Second  issue  of  the  very  rare  first  edition,  of  which  but  750  copies 
were  printed.     With  4  pp.  of  personal  and  editorial  opinions. 

712.  TALES  OF  THE  GROTESQUE  AND  ARA- 
BESQUE. Vol.  II,  i2mo,  original  cloth  (spotted  and 
name  on  title).  Philadelphia:  Lea  and  Blanchard,  1840 

*  With  the  paper  label  and  with  the  advertisements,  pp.  iv.      Rare. 

713.  THE  GIFT:  A  Christmas  and  New  Year's  Present 
for  1840.  Illustrated.  12 mo,  original  full  morocco,  gilt 
edges.  Philadelphia:  Carey  and  Hart,  1840 

*  Contains  "  William  Wilson,"  by  Poe,  and  contributions  by  W.  G. 
Simms  and  others. 

714.  GRAHAM'S  LADY'S  AND  GENTLEMAN'S 
MAGAZINE.  Engravings^  colored  costume  plates,  etc.  [Vols. 
21  and  22  in  one  vol.]  8vo,  half  roan  (rubbed  and  no  title  to 
Vol.  22).  Philadelphia:  G.  R.  Graham,  1842-43 

*  With  original  contributions  by  Poe,  Bryant,  Longfellow,  Lowell 
and  others. 

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715.  THE  GIFT:  A  Christmas  and  New  Year's  Present 
for  1842.  Illustrated.  i2mo,  original  full  morocco,  gilt 
edges.  Philadelphia:  Carey  and  Hart,  1842 

*  Contains    "  Eleonora,"   by   Poe,  also   contributions    by  W.    G. 
Simms  and  others. 

716.  THE  GIFT.  1843.  Illustrated.  i2mo,  original 
full  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Philadelphia:  Carey  and    Hart,  1843 

*  Contains    "  The  Pit  and  the  Pendulum,"  by  Poe,  also  contribu- 
tions by  W.  G.  Simms  and  others. 

717.  THE  NEW  MIRROR  OF  LITERATURE, 

Amusement  and  Instruction.  Edited  by  George  P.  Morris 
and  N.  P.  Willis  [with  original  contributions  by  E.  A,  Poe 
and  others].  Numerous  steel  plates.  Vols,  i  and  2  in  one  vol. 
thick  royal  8vo,  half  roan.  New  York,  1843 

718.  THE  OPAL:  A  Pure  Gift  for  the  Holy  Days.  Edited 
by  N.  P.  Willis.  Plates  by  Chapman  [with  sketch,  "Morning 
on  the  Wissahiccon,"  by  Poe].  i2mo,  original  stamped  roan 
gilt,  gilt  edges  (some  plates  a  little  spotted). 

New  York:  John  C.  Riker,  1844 

719.  GODEY'S  MAGAZINE  AND  LADY'S  BOOK. 

July,  1844-June,  1846.  Illustrated  {including  some  colored 
COSTUME  plates).      2  vols.  8vo,  fuU  morocco,  gilt  edges. 

Philadelphia:  Louis  A.  Godey,  1844-46 

*  Contains  "  Big  Abel  and  the  Little  Manhattan,"  "  The  Literati 
of  N.  Y.  City,"  and  other  contributions  by  Poe. 

720.  THE  AMERICAN  REVIEW,  February,  1845. 
8vo,  original  wrappers.     New  York:  Wiley  and  Putnam,  1845 

*  Contains  the  "  Raven,"  by   Poe,  its  original  appearance. 

721.  THE  AMERICAN  REVIEW,  April,  1845.  8vo, 
original  wrappers.  New  York:  Wiley  and  Putnam,  1845 

*  Contains    "Some    Words    with    a    Mummy,"    "The  Valley  of 
Unrest,"  and  "The  City  in  the  Sea,"  by  Poe. 

722.  THE  AMERICAN  REVIEW,  July,  1845.  8vo, 
original  wrappers.  New  York:  Wiley  and  Putnam,  1845 

*  Contains  "  Eulalie, "  by  Poe. 

723.  THE  AMERICAN  REVIEW,  August,  1845. 
8vo,  original  wrappers.      New  York:  Wiley  and  Putnam,  1845 

*  Contains  "  The  American  Drama,"  by  Poe. 

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724.  THE  AMERICAN  REVIEW,  December,  1845. 
8vo,  original  wrappers  (lacks  back  wrapper). 

New  York:   Wiley  and  Putnam,  1845 

*  Contains  "  Facts  of  M.  Valdemar's  Case,"  by  Poe. 

725.  THE  BROADWAY  JOURNAL,  Vol.  i,  and  Nos. 
1-2  of  Vol.  2.  Imp.  8vo,  half  roan  (broken),  no  title,  bound 
from  the  parts.  New  York,  1845 

*  Contains  "  Tlie  Raven,"  with  differences  from  its  appear- 
ance in  the  "American  Review,"  Feb.,  1S45;  also,  "Berenice," 
"The  Conqueror  Worm,"  "Shadow — a  Parable,"  and  other  contri- 
butions by  Poe;  also,  "The  Pilgrimage  to  Kevlaar,"  by  Maria 
Lowell,  etc. 

726.  THE     NEW-YORK     WEEKLY     MIRROR. 

Edited  by  G.  P.  Morris  and  N.  P.  Willis.    Vols.  1-2,  in  1  vol. 

Folio,  half  calf  (broken,  lacks  No.  3,  and  no  title  to  Vol.  i). 

New  York:   Morris,  Willis,  and  Fuller,  1845 

*  Contains  "  The  Raven,"  by  Poe,  with  some  changes  in  the  text 
from  the  original  issue  in  the  "American  Review." 

PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN. 

727.  THE  RAVEN  and  Other  Poems.  By  Edgar  A.  Poe. 
i2mo,   sewn  (few  pp.  somewhat  stained). 

New  York:  Wiley  &  Putnam,  1845 

*  With  the  half-title  and  12  pp.  of  advertisements.  "  TAzs  copy 
was  presented  to  Mrs.  John  Van  Dyke  by  Abraham  Lincoln  at  Wash- 
ington in  1846.  It  was  originally  in  yellozv  {paper)  covers,  and  on  the 
outside,  at  the  top,  was  written,  'Mrs.  Van  Dyke,  with  the  regards 
of  A.  Lincoln.'  The  cover  was  afterwards  torn  off,  presumably  by 
some  one  who  wanted  the  signature." — From  an  accompanying  auto- 
graph note,  signed  ''John  C.  Van  Dyke,  New  Brunswick." 

Mr.  Chamberlain  was  evidently  satisfied  of  the  truth  of  the  above 
statement,  as  he  refers  to  it  among  his  papers  as  corroborative,  and 
it  must  be  presumed  that  before  finally  accepting  the  book  as  a 
genuine  presentation  copy,  from  so  eminent  a  man  as  Lincoln,  he  had 
exhausted  every  possible  source  of  information  regarding  its  authen- 
ticity, as  was  his  rule,  in  all  such  matters. 

728.  TALES.  By  Edgar  A.  Poe.  i2mo,  original  cloth, 
top  edge  uncut  (back  somewhat  warped  by  water-stain). 
With  4  pp.  of  advertisements. 

New  York:  Wiley  &  Putnam,  1845 

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729.  POE  (EDGAR  A.).  TALES;  [also]  THE 
RAVEN  and  Other  Poems.  2  vols,  in  one,  i2mo,  original 
cloth,  gilt,  as  issued.  New  York:  Wiley  &  Putnam,  1845 

*  Inclosed  in  a  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco  solander  case, 
richly  tooled,  by  Bradstreet. 

730.  MESMERISM    "IN   ARTICULO   MORTIS." 

An  Astounding  and  Horrifying  Narrative,  showing  the  Ex- 
traordinary Power  of  Mesmerism  in  Arresting  the  Progress 
of  Death.    i2mo,  sewn,  as  issued.    London:  Short  &  Co.,  1846 

*  The    first    English    edition    of    "  The  Case  of   M.    Valdemar." 
Scarce. 

731.  EUREKA;  A  Prose  Poem.  By  Edgar  A.  Poe. 
i2mo,  original  black  cloth.    New  York:  Geo.  P.  Putnam,  1848 

*  Fine  copy.     The  first  edition,  which,  it  is  said,  consisted  of  not 
more  than  500  copies. 

732.  THE  WORKS  OF  THE  LATE  EDGAR 
ALLAN  POE,  with  Notices  of  his  Life  and  Genius,  by 
N.  P.  Willis,  J.  R.  Lowell,  and  R.  W.  Griswold.  Mezzotint 
portrait  by  Sartain.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth  (some  pp. 
spotted).  New  York:  J.  S.  Redfield,  1850 

733.  WORKS  OF  POE.  Vol.  II,  Poems  and  Miscel- 
lanies. Vol.  Ill,  The  Literati.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth 
(used  copy,  stamp  on  title  of  Vol.  III). 

New  York:  Redfield,  1850 

734.  THE  LITERATI:  Some  Honest  Opinions  about 
Autorial  Merits  and  Demerits,  with  Occasional  Words  of  Per- 
sonality, By  Edgar  A.  Poe.  With  a  Sketch  of  the  Author, 
by  R.  W.  Griswold.      i2mo,  original  black  cloth. 

New  York:  J.  S.  Redfield,  1850 

735-  THE  WORKS  OF  THE  LATE  EDGAR 
ALLAN  POE.  Vol.  IV,  containing  Arthur  Gordon  Pym, 
Tales  of  Humor,  and  Miscellanies.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  Redfield,  1856 

736.  TAMERLANE  AND  OTHER  POEMS.  By 
Edgar  Allan  Poe.  First  Published  at  Boston  in  1827  and 
now  first  republished  from  a  unique  copy  of  the  Original 
Edition,  with  a  Preface  by  Richard  Heme  Shepherd.  i6mo, 
parchment  boards,  uncut.  London:  Geo.  Redway,  i< 

*  No.  86  of  only  100  copies  reissued. 

131 


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737.  EDGAR  ALLAN  POE.  By  George  E.  Wooa- 
berry.  Portrait.  i2mo,  original  cloth,  American  Men  of 
Letters  Series.  Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1885 

738.  SOME  LETTERS  OF  EDGAR  ALLAN  POE 
TO  E.  H.  N.  PATTERSON,  of  Oquawka,  Illinois,  with 
Comments  by  Eugene  Field.  Facsimiles.  410,  original  cloth, 
uncut.  Chicago:  The  Caxton  Club,  1898 

*FlNE  COPY.  Only  186  copies  were  printed.  This  volume  gives 
the  history  of  a  proposed  periodical  which  Poe  contemplated  estab- 
lishing in  the  West. 


Morke  of  Ibcnr^  Davlb  ZTborcaiu 

739.  A  WEEK  ON  THE  CONCORD  AND  MERRI- 
MACK  RIVERS.      i2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

Boston  and  Cambridge:  James  Munroe  and  Co.,  1849 

*  The  rarest  of  Thoreau's  Books,  with  the  "three  lines 
dropped  by  the  printer  "  on  page  396  supplied  in  pencil  by  Mr. 
Chamberlain.  1,000  copies  were  issued,  220  of  which  were  sold,  75 
were  given  away,  and  the  remainder  (705  copies)  were  bought  by 
James  T.  Fields  after  the  author's  death,  and  reissued  with  a  title- 
page  dated  1S62.  Enclosed  in  a  beautiful  solander  case  of  green 
morocco,  richly  tooled,  by  Bradstreet. 

[See  Reproduction.] 

740.  WALDEN;  or,  Life  in  the  Woods.  Vignette  on  title. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1854 

*  Fine  copy.  Scarce.  With  8  pp.  of  advertisements  dated  April, 
1854. 

741.  ECHOES  OF  HARPER'S  FERRY.  [Edited  by] 
James  Redpath  [with  "  A  Plea  for  Capt.  John  Brown,  by 
Thoreau";  "Speeches,  by  Emerson;  Poem  by  Whittier, 
etc.]    i2mo,  original  cloth.    Boston:  Thayer  &  Eldridge,  i860 

742.  A  WEEK  ON  THE  CONCORD  AND  MERRI- 
MACK RIVERS.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1862 

*  This  is  one  of  the  remainders  of  the  first  edition  with  the  sub- 
stituted title-page.  One  of  the  few  copies  issued  without  the  letter- 
ing "  Second  Edition  "  on  title.     Scarce. 

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A  WEEK 


CONCORD  AND  MEHRIMACK  RIVERS. 


BY 

HENRY    D.    THOREAU. 


BOSTON    AND    CAMBRIDGE: 
JAMES    MUNROE    AND    COMPANY. 

NEW  YORK  :    GEORGE  P.  PUTNAM.       PIIILADELPHIA  :    LINDSAY 

AND  BLACKISTON.       LONDON  :    JOHN  CHAPMAN. 

1849. 


[See  No.  739.] 


Morks  ot  Ibenr^  DaviD  Xlboreau 

743.  EXCURSIONS.  [Edited,  with  Biographical  Sketch, 
by  R.  W.  Emerson.]  ^^Portraits.  Fine  copy.  i2mo,  orig- 
inal cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1863 

744.  THE  MAINE  WOODS.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Ticknor  &  Fields,  1864 

*  Fine  copyjof  the   first  issue,  with  prices  of  works  announced  on 
page  opposite  title. 

745.  The    same.     Second     Edition.      i2mo,    original 

cloth.  Boston:   Ticknor  &  Fields,  1864 

746.  CAPE  COD.  [Edited  by  Sophia  Thoreau  and  VV.  E. 
Channing.]      i2mo,  original  cloth.      Fine  copy. 

Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1865 

747.  LETTERS  TO  VARIOUS  PERSONS  [and 
Poems.  With  Prefatory  Note  by  R.  VV.  Emerson.]  izmo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1865 

748.  A  YANKEE  IN  CANADA,  with  Anti-Slavery 
and  Reform  Papers.  [Edited  by  Sophia  Thoreau  and  W.  E. 
Channing.]      i2mo,  original  cloth.      Fine  copy. 

Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1866 

749.  A  WEEK  ON  THE  CONCORD  AND  MERRI- 
MACK RIVERS.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1868 

*  New  and  Revised  Edition  (First  issue).     Fine  copy. 

750.  EARLY    SPRING    IN    MASSACHUSETTS. 

From  the  Journal  of  Henry  D.  Thoreau.  [Edited,  with  In- 
troductory Chapter,  by  H.  G.  O.  Blake.]  i2mo,  original 
cloth.     Fine  copy.      Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1881 

751.  HENRY  D.  THOREAU.  By  F.  B.  Sanborn. 
Portrait.  [American  Men  of  Letters  Series.]  i2mo,  origi- 
nal cloth.  Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1882 

752.  SUMMER:  From  the  Journal  of  Henry  D.  Thoreau. 
Edited  by  H.  G.  O.  Blake.  Map.  i2mo,  original  cloth.  Fine 
COPY.  Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1884 

753-   WINTER:   From  the  Journal  of  Henry  D.  Thoreau. 
Edited  by  H.  G.  O.  Blake.     i2mo,  original  cloth.     Fine  copy. 
Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1888 
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754.  AUTUMN:  From  The  Journal  of  Henry  D.  Tho- 
reau.  Edited  by  H.  G.  O.  Blake.  i2mo,  original  cloth. 
Fine  copy.  Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1892 

755-  FAMILIAR  LETTERS  OF  HENRY  DAVID 
THOREAU.  Edited,  with  an  Introduction  and  Notes,  by 
F.  B.  Sanborn,  Portrait.  lamo,  original  cloth,  gilt  top, 
uncut.      Fine  COPY.      Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &Co.,  1894 

756.  POEMS  OF  NATURE.  Selected  and  edited  by 
H.  S.  Salt  and  F.  B.  Sanborn.  Vignette  title.  i6mo,  origi- 
nal buckram,  uncut.  Boston  and  New  York:  Houghton, 
Mifflin  &  Co.;   London:  John  Lane,  1895 

757-  SOME  UNPUBLISHED  LETTERS  OF 
HENRY  D.  AND  SOPHIA  E.  THOREAU.  A  Chap- 
ter in  the  History  of  a  Still-born  Book.  Edited,  with  a 
Prefatory  Note,  by  Samuel  Arthur  Jones.  Portraits  ajid views. 
8vo,  original  boards,  uncut. 

Jamaica,  N.  Y.  :  The  Marion  Press,  1899 

*  No.  55  of  only  150  copies  printed. 

758.  THE    PERSONALITY  OF  THOREAU.     By 

F.  B.  Sanborn.      8vo,  original  boards  and  label,  uncut. 

Boston:  Chas.  E.  Goodspeed,  1901 

*  No.  6  of  only  15  copies  issued  on  Japan  vellum  paper  and  auto- 
graphed by  the  publisher. 

759.  THE  SERVICE.  By  Henry  David  Thoreau. 
Edited  by  F.  B.  Sanborn.  8vo,  original  boards  and  label, 
uncut.  Boston:  Chas.  E.  Goodspeed,  1902 

*  No.  10  of  500  copies  issued  on  P'rench  handmade  paper. 

760.   The  same.      No.  19  of  only  22  copies  issued  on 

Japan  vellum  and  autographed  by  the  publisher. 

Boston,  1902 

761.  A  BIT  OF  UNPUBLISHED  CORRESPOND- 
ENCE between  Henry  D.  Thoreau  and  Isaac  T.  Becker. 
By  E.  Harlow  Russell.  8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut  and 
unopened.  Worcester,  Mass  :  Press  of  Charles  Hamilton,  1902 

*  Rare.     Only  50  copies  issued. 


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762.  INCIDENTAL  POEMS,  accompanied  with  Let- 
ters, and  a  few  Select  Pieces,  mostly  Original  for  their  Illus- 
tration, together  with  a  Preface  and  Sketch  of  the  Author's 
Life.  By  Robert  Dinsmoor,  the  "Rustic  Bard.''  i2mo, 
original  half  cloth  and  boards,  totally  uncut,  and  with  the 
paper  label  (repaired).  Haverhill:  A.  W.  Thayer,  1828 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label.  This  volume  contains 
Whittier's  first  poem  printed  in  book  form — "  J.  G.  Whittier 
to  the  '  Rustic  Bard,'  "  a  poem  in  eleven  stanzas,  in  the  Scotch  dialect. 
The  work  was  printed  at  the  office  of  the  "  Haverhill  Gazette  "  dur- 
ing the  winter  of  1827-S. 

763.  SPECIMENS     OF    AMERICAN     POETRY. 

With  Critical  and  Biographical  Notices.  By  Samuel  Kettell. 
3  vols.  i2mo,  original  half  cloth  and  boards,  totally  uncut, 
and  with  the  labels.       Boston:  S.  G.  Goodrich  and  Co.,  1829 

*  Contains  the  poem  "  The  Sicilian  Vespers,"  by  Whittier.  Ket- 
tell assisted  Samuel  G.  Goodrich  in  the  "Peter  Parley"  series  of 
juvenile  books.  The  above  work  contains  critical  and  historical 
accounts  of  the  poets  of  America  from  the  time  of  Cotton  Mather 
and  Roger  Wolcott,  including  many  minor  authors  who  are  not 
noticed  elsewhere. 

764.  THE  YANKEE  ;  and  Boston  Literary  Gazette, 
September  to  December,  1829.  Edited  by  John  Neal.  4 
Nos.      8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut. 

Boston:   Wells  and  Lilly,  1829 

""Contains  "The  Vestal,"  by  Whittier,  not  in  his  collected 
works;  also,  "  The  Minstrel  Girl,"  and  other  pieces. 

765.  THE  YANKEE  :  or.  Farmer's  Almanack  for  1831  ; 
The  same  for  1832.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  pictorial  wrap- 
pers, uncut  and  unopened. 

Boston:  Willard,  Felt  and  Co.  [1830-1] 

*  With  the  poems  "The  Spirit  of  the  North,"  "Bolivar"  and 
"  The  Cities  of  the  Plains,"  by  Whittier,  which  have  never  been 
reprinted. 

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766.  THE  AMERICAN  COMMON-PLACE  BOOK 
OF  POETRY.  With  Occasional  Notes,  by  George  B. 
Cheever.  Frontispiece.  12  mo,  original  boards,  totally 
UNCUT.  Boston:  Carter,  Hendee  and  Babcock,  1831 

*  Contains  poems  by  Whittier:  "To  the  Dying  Year,"  "The 
Indian's  Tale,"  "A  Legend,"  etc.;  also,  with  Poems  by  Longfellow, 
Holmes,  and  others.  Dr.  Cheever  was  pastor  of  the  Allen  Street 
Church  in  New  York, 

WHITTIER'S  FIRST  BOOK;  NOT   REPRINTED. 

767.  LEGENDS  I  OF  NEW  ENGLAND.  |  (Quotation, 
1 1  lines.)  I  (rule)  |  By  John  G.  Whittier.  |  (rule)  |  Hartford.  | 
Published  by  Hanmer  and  Phelps.  |  Sold   by  Packard  &  But- 
ler, Hartford;  Carter,  Hendee  &  Babcock,  Boston;  |  G.  &  C. 
&  H.  Carvill,  and    E.  Bliss,  New  York;  A.  E.  Carey,   and  | 
A.  Hart,  Philadelphia;  and   by  the   Booksellers  generally.  | 
1831.      i2mo,  original  half  cloth  and  boards,  paper  label,  top 
edge   uncut  (upper  corner  of  label    rubbed   off,  otherwise  a 
clean,  sound  copy). 

Hartford:   Published  by  Hanmer  &  Phelps,  1831 

*  Rare.  None  of  the  poems  save  "Metacom,"  included  in  this 
collection,  were  ever  reprinted.  Enclosed  in  a  dark  green  morocco 
solander  case. 

768.  MOLL  PITCHER,  I  A  Poem.  |  [Quotation, 5  lines,] 
I  double  rule.  |  Boston:  |  Carter  and  Hendee,  |  1832.      8vo, 

original  blue  printed  wrappers,  fore  and  lower  edges  uncut. 

Boston:   Carter  and  Hendee,  1832 

*  The  finest  copy  of  this  rare  pamphlet  known  to  exist.  It  has  both 
the  wrappers  intact  and  the  covers  and  text  throughout  are  as  crisp 
and  fresh  as  when  published. 

This  copy  has  never  before  appeared  in  the  Auction  Room,  and 
all  experienced  collectors  will  appreciate  the  greatly  increased  value 
of  this  very  rare  item  on  account  of  its  immaculate  condition. 

Enclosed  in  a  full  crushed  levant  green  morocco  solander  case, 
richly  tooled,  by  Bradstreet. 

In  1884  Whittier  wrote:  "/  doubt  whether  any  copy  of  Moll  Pitcher 
is  extant.     It  luas  a  7nere  pamphlet  and  only  a  few  copies  printed." 
[See  Reproduction.] 

769.  MOLL    PITCHER;  a   Poem.     8vo,  original  wrap- 
pers, pp.  28.  Boston:   Carter  and  Hendee,   1832  [reprint] 

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MOLL      PITCHER, 


A      POEM. 


"  If  the  seeker  bo  of  an  haute  and  stomachful  carriage,  and  maketh 

merrie  of  the  wisdom  of  thine  art,  thou  mayest  gain  an  empery  over  his  orgulous  and 
misbeUeving  spirit,  by  some  full  strange,  and  terrible  misterie,  or  cunning  device, 
whereat  he  may  be  amort  with  doleful  misgivings."  C.  Agripp.  JVo<e  to  Mra  kat 
Mra. 


BOSTON : 
CARTER     AND     HENDEE 

1832. 


|Skk  Xo.  7fiS.] 


THE    SO:N"a    OF    THE    VERMOI^TERS. 


Ho — all  to  the  borders  I  A'erraonters,  come  down, 
With  your  breeches  of  deer-skin,  and  jackets  of  brown  ; 
With  your  red  woolen  caps,  and  your  moccasins,  come 
To  the  gathering  summons  of  trumpet  and  drum. 

Come  down  with  your  rifles  ! — let  gray  wolf  and  fos 
Howl  on  in  the  shade-of  their  primitive  rocks  ; 
Let  the  bear  feed  securely  from  pig-pen  and  stall  ; 
Here's  a  two-legged  game  for  your  powder  and  ball. 

On  our  South  come  the  Dutchmen,  enveloped  in  grease  ; 
And,  arming  for  battle,  while  canting  of  peace  ; 
On  our  East,  crafty  Meshech  t  has  gathered  his  band. 
To  hang  up  our  leaders,  and  eat  out  our  land. 

Ho — all  to  the  rescue  I     For  Satan  shall  work 
No  gain  for  his  legions  of  Hampshire  and  York  ! 
They  claim  our  possessions, — the  pitiful  knaves — 
The  tribute  u-e  pay,  shall  be  prisons  and  graves  I 

Let  Clinton  and  Ten  Brock,  t  with  bribes  in  their  hands. 
Still  seek  to  divide  us  and  parcel  our  lands ; — 
We've  coats  for  our  traitors,  whoever  they  are ; 
The  warp  is  of  feathers — the  filling  of  tar  !  ^ 

Does  the  "old  Bay  State  "  threaten?     Does  Congress 

complain'' 

pwarms  Hampshire  in  arms  on  our  borders  again  ? 
IJark  the  war-Jogs  of  Britain  aloud  on  the  lake? 

!ict  'em  come  ; — what  they  ran,  they  are  welcome  to  take  ; 
Vhat  seek  they  among  us?     Tiie  pride  of  our  wealth 
s  comfort,  contentment,  and  labor  and  health. 
fVnd  land  which  as  Freemen  we  only  have  trod, 
independent  of  all,  save  the  mercies  of  God. 

let  we  owe  no  allegiance  ;  wo  bow  to  no  throne  ; 

pur  ruler  is  law,  and  the  law  i.*:  our  own  ; 

)ur  leaders  themselves  are  our  own  fellow-men, 

Vho  can  handle  the  sword,  or  the  scythe,  or  the  pen. 

pur  wives  are  all  true,  and  our  daui;hters  are  fair, 
pth  their  blue  eyes  of  smiles,  and  their  light   flowing 

hair  ; 
III  brisk  at  their  wheels  till  the  dark  even-fall, 
fhen  blithe  at  the  sleigh-ride,  the  husking,  and  ball ! 

I  *riiR  political  history  of  Vermont  is  full  of  interest.  In  1762, 
ew  York,  by  reason  of  an  extraordinary  grant  of  Charles  II,  to 
ic  Duke  of  York,  clained  a  jurisiictinn  over  about  sixty  tonn- 
lips  of  which  grants  had  been  given  by  the  Governor  of  New 
jivinpshirc,  declaring  those  grants  illegal.  An  attempt  was  made 
dispossess  the  settlers,  but  it  was  promptly  resisted.  In  1774, 
:w  Y^ork  passedamost  despotic  law  against  the  resisting  Vermont- 
■,  and  the  Governor  offered  a  large  reward  for  the  apprehension 
the  celebrated  Kihnn  Mien,  and  seven  of  his  associates.  The 
oacnbed  persons  in  turn  threatened  to  'kill  and  destroy  any  per- 
nor persons  whomsoever  that  should  be  accessary,  aidingor  assist- 
gin  taking  any  of  them."  AVr  Aliens  Vindication,  y.  45. 
ood  was  shed  at  Westminister  Court  House,  in  177  j.  Vidt  R. 
1'$  Narrative.  In  1777.  Vermont  declared  its  independence, 
cw  York  still  urged  herclaims  and  attempted  to  .nforce  them 
th  her  militia.  In  1779,  New  Hampshire  also  laid  claim  to  the 
lole  State  of  Vermont.  Massachusetts  speedily  followed  by  put- 
ig  in  An-  claim  to  about  two  thirds  of  it.  Congress,  powerless 
dcrthe  old  Confederation,  endeavored  to  keep  on  good  terms  with 


We've  sheep  on  the  hill-sides ;  we've  cows  on  the  plain  ; 
And  gay  tasseied  corn-fields,  and  rank-growing  grain, 
There  are  deer  on  our  mountaiiKS  ;  and  wood-pigeons  fiy 
From  the  crack  of  our  muskets  like  clouds  on  the  sky. 

And  there's  fish  in  our  streamlets  and  rivers,  which  take 
Their  course  from  the  hills  to  our  broad-bosomed  lake  ; 
Through  rock-arched  Winooski  the  salmon  leaps  free. 
And  the  portly  shad  follows  all  fresh  from  the  .sea. 

i    Like  a  sun-beam  the  fiickerel  glides  through  his  pool  ; 
And  the  spotted  trout  sleeps  where  the  water  is  cool. 
Or  darts  from  his  shelter  of  rock  and  of  root 
At  the  beaver's  ((uick  plunge  or  the  angler's  pursuit. 

And  curs  are  the  mountains,  which  awfully  rise 

Till  they  rest  their  green  heads  on  the  blue  of  the  skies ; 

And  ours  are  the  forests  uuwasted,  unshorn. 

Save  where  the  wild  path  of  the  tempest  is  torn. 

And  though  savage  and  wild  be  this  climate  of  ours. 
And  briet  be  our  season  of  fruits  and  of  flowers. 
Far  dear  r  the  blast  round  our  mountains  which  raves. 
Than  the  sweet  summer  zephyr  which    breathes  over 
slaves. 

Hurra  for  Vekuo.vt  !  for  the  land  which  we  till 
Must  have  sons  to  defend  her  from  valley  and  hill  ; 
Leave  the  harvest  to  rot  on  ihe  field  where  it  grows. 
And  the  reaping  of  wheat  for  the  reaping  of  foes. 

From  far  Michiscoui's  wild  valley,  to  where 
Poo.sooinsuck  steals  down  from  its  wood-circled  lair. 
From  Shoctieook  river  to  Lutterlock  town, — 
Ho — all  to  the  rescue  I     Veniionters,  come  down  ! 

Come    York    or   come    Hampshire, —  come    traitors   or 

knaves; 
If  ye  rule  o'er  our  laiid,  ye  shall    rule  o'er  our  yraces  ; 
Our  vow  is  recorded — our  bannor  unfurled  : 
In  the  name  of  Vermont  we  defy  all  the  world  '.  II 


all  the  parties, but  ardently  favored  New  York.  Vermont  remon- 
strated warmly.  Congress  threatened.  Vermont  published  "an 
appeal  to  the  candid  and  impartial  world  " — denounced  Congress, 
and  a."serted  its  own  absolute  independence.  Notwithstanding  the 
threa's  offered  on  all  sides,  the  contest  terminated  without  much 
bloodshed,  and  Vermont  was  admitted  into  the  Union  in  17ai,  after 
e.xistinz  as  nn  independent  stvereignty  for  nearly  filteen  vear^ 
William:,'  History  of   VernMnt,,  ^c. 

tHon.  iMeshech  VVeare,  Governor  of  New  Hampshire. 

X  Gov.  Clinton  of  New  York,  and  Hon.  A.  Ten  Eroek,  President 
of  the  New  York  Convention. 

5Tbe  New  York  sheriffs  and  those  who  submitted  to  the  authority 
of  New  Y'ork  were  often  roughly  handled  by  the  Green  Mountian 
Boys.  The  following  is  from  the  journal  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
Vermont    Council    of  Public  Safety :—"  CoLWClL  of  Saketv,  3d 

Sept.  1777. is  permitted  to  return  home,    and    remain 

on  his  father's  farm  (and  if  found  off  to  expect  thirty-nino  lashes  of 
the  beach  seal)  until  further  orders  from  this  Council."  The  instru- 
ment of  punishment  was  termed  the  ■•  beach  seal,"  in  allusion  to 
the  great  seal  of  Now  Hampshire  affixed  to  the  grants,  of  which 
the  beach  rod  well  laid  upon  the  naked  backs  of  the  "  Y'orkers  " 
and  their  adherents,  was  considered  a  confirmation. 

II  Rather  than  fail,  I  will  retire  with  my  hardy  Green  Mountain 
Boys  to  the  desolate  caverns  of  the  mountains,  and  wage  war  with 
human  nature  at  larije." 

Ethan  Allen'i  letter  to  Congress,  Mnrch  9,  17S1. 


^      --^       .t*^       ^.rjlt-      /^      ^-#,^Z^  i^       ^         '^^        "       y"^^    -^      '^^//^ 


[See  No.  773.] 


Morfts  of  5obn  Greenleaf  nabittier 

770.  THE  HISTORY  OF  HAVERHILL,  Massa- 
chusetts. By  B.  L.  Mirick.  With  folding  view  of  Haverhill 
(in  fine  condition),  by  Annin  and  Smith.  8vo,  original  half  cloth 
and  boards,  totally  uncut,  and  with  the  paper  label.  Fine 
COPY.  Haverhill:   Printed  by  A.  W.  Thayer,  1832 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label.  Until  within  a  few  years 
ago  it  was  not  generally  known  that  Whittier  compiled  this  work.  In 
the  "  Haverhill  Gazette,"  for  March  27,  1830,  appeared  the  following 
advertisement: 

"The  subscriber  proposes  to  publish  a  history  of  Haverhill,  from 
its  first  settlement  in  1640  to  the  present  time.  The  price  will  be 
87^  cents  in  case  the  number  of  pages  does  not  exceed  two  hundred, 
if,  however,  the  material  of  history  should  swell  the  volume  beyond 
this  number  of  pages  the  price  will  be  $1.00. 

•'John  G.  Whittier. 
"Haverhill,  March  27,  1830." 

In  the  Fall  of  1828,  when  Whittier  was  called  away  from  Haverhill 
to  Boston,  he  transferred  the  almost  completed  MS.  to  B.  L.  Mirick, 
who  finished  the  work,  attached  his  own  name  to  it,  and  had  it  pub- 
lished. 

771.  THE  LITERARY  REMAINS  OF  JOHN  G- 
C.  BRAINARD,  with  a  Sketch  of  his  Life  [by  Whittier]. 
121110,  original  half  cloth  and  boards,  and  with  the  paper  label 
(slightly  rubbed),  uncut  and  unopened.     A  very  tall  copy. 

Hartford:  P.  B.  Goodsell  [1832] 

*FiNE  COPY.  Laid  in  is  a  copy  (typewritten)  of  a  letter  from 
Whittier,  mentioning  the  list  of  Brainard's  poems,  written  before  the 
publication  of  the  work.  After  Brainard's  death,  Whittier  became 
editor  of  the  paper  that  he  had  conducted  at  Hartford. 

PART  OF  THE  MS.  OF  WHITTIER'S  SKETCH  OF  THE  LIFE  OF 
BRAINARD,  1832. 

772.  WHITTIER  (JOHN  G.)  ORIGINAL  MANU- 
SCRIPT of  the  first  part  of  Whittier's  sketch  of  the  life  of 
John  G.  C.  Brainard,  2  pp.  4to  [used  as  a  foreword  to  the 
volume],  followed  by  Whittier's  letter  to  the  Editor,  Samuel 
Hanmer,  Jr.,  on  the  same  sheet,  with  leaf  of  superscription, 
dated  Haverhill,  May  7,  1832.  Whittier's  signature  is  miss- 
ing, as  the  letter  has  been  worn  in  the  folds  and  repaired, 
and  his  name,  which  was  on  one  of  the  places  worn  away, 
but  the  superscription  is  franked  by  the  initials  "J.  G.  W." 
A  portion  of  a  few  lines  on   each  page   is   missing  from  the 

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same  cause.     In  his  letter,  which  is  an  important  one  direct- 
ing the  make-up  of  the  volume,  Whittier  says: 

*  '''I  have  sent  you  on  the  beginning  of  my  sketch,  and  zvill  try  to  send 
you  enough  for  a  form  in  a  few  days  .  .  .  You  ivill  find  a  list  of  the 
Poems  to  be  set  up  at  Mr.  Law's.  I  will  send  you  on  a  list  of  the  re- 
mainder soon."  The  first  part  of  this  sketch  is  written  clearly  and 
with  but  few  erasures  or  alterations,  showing  that  Whittier  was 
thoroughly  familiar  with  the  facts  he  was  trying  to  bring  out.  He 
makes  an  interesting  reference  in  his  letter  to  an  article  of  his  own  on 
the  "  Moodus  Noises,"  a  curious  noise  heard  in  the  vicinity  of  East 
Haddam,  "published  last  Fall  in  the  Review,"  as  he  says,  which 
does  not  seem  of  sufficient  importance  to  have  been  placed  in  his 
collected  works. 

The  manuscript  forms  the  first  three  and  a  half  pages 
OF  the  1832  edition  of  "  The  Literary  Remains  of  J.  G.  C. 
Brainard,"  with  some  additions  in  the  printed  form — AS  the 

DATE   OF  BRAINARD'S  BIRTH,   AND   CHANGES  OF  A  WORD  OR  TWO,   AS 

MS.:   awakening 

Book:  awaking — (8th  linQ,  3rd  Paragraph). 

MS.:  Never 

Book:  Seldom  (14th  line,  3rd  Paragraph). 

MS. :  in  which 

Book:  with  whom  (15th  line,  5th  Paragraph). 


RARE  BROADSIDE,  WITH  A  LETTER  FROM  WHITTIER. 

773.  THE  SONG  OF  THE  VERMONTERS,  1779. 

Printed  Broadside  Poem  of  17  Stanzas  of  4  lines  each,  pp.  4, 
2nd  leaf  blank,  4to.  n.  p.,  n.  d.  [1833-1869] 

*  Extremely  rare.  W^ritten  by  Whittier  when  a  schoolboy,  and 
sent  to  his  friend  J.  T.  Buckingham  some  years  later,  who  published 
it  anonymously  in  the  "New  England  Magazine "  in  1833.  Not 
being  a  "  Quakerly  "  poem  it  was  never  claimed  by  W'hittier  as  his, 
and  was  generally  credited  to  Ethan  Allen  (the  Vermont  historian). 
Nearly  40  years  after  it  was  written  it  appeared  with  Whittier's  name, 
and  when  some  controversy  arose  about  its  real  authorship,  Whittier 
wrote  a  letter  to  the  Boston  "  Transcript  "  acknowledging  it,  in  which 
he  said  in  part:  "...  Hoiv  the  secret  [of  its  authorship]  7vas  dis- 
covered a  few  years  ago,  I  have  never  known.  I  have  never  inten- 
tionally written  anytkitig  in  favor  of  war,  but  a  great  deal  against  it." 
The  poem  is  reprinted  verbatim  in  Whittier's  Life  and  Letters,  Vol. 
I,  pp.  68-70.  The  historical  notes  at  the  foot  of  the  broadside  were 
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TKIlorfts  of  5obn  Greenleaf  Mbittier 

also  written,  by  Whittier  [see  Historical  Mag.,  Vol.  2,  p.  152].    Laid 

in   is  a   2   pp.  letter  from  Whittier  to  Lucy  Larcom  (with  addressed 

envelope): 

"  Amesbtiry,  Apl.  bj ,  iS6g. 
Dear  fd. 

Our  house-cleaning  is  just  now  going  on,  and  the  house  is  topsy- 
turvy and  Rebecca  on  a  sort  of  zuild  '  rampage. "...  If  I  was  in  Bos- 
ton I  should  stay  for  the  present.  I  have  been  little  better  than  sick 
for  ten  days.  I  read  the  '  Story  of  the  Song '  in  the  '  Transcript ' 
last  night.     It  sets  the  matter  right  in  the  right  way." 

With  an  additional  slip:  "  This  refers  to  an  article  setting  right  the 
story  of  his  'writing,  the  '  Song  of  the  f^ermonters.'  " 

Signed  [S.  T.  Pickard]. 
[See  Reproduction.] 


774.  DECLARATION  OF  THE  ANTI-SLAVERY 
CONVENTION,  assembled  in  Philadelphia,  Dec.  4,  1833. 
Broadside.      Folio,  n.  p.,  n.  d.  [Philadelphia,  1833] 

*  Fine  COPY.  Extremely  rare.  With  the  list  of  Members  of 
the  Convention  from  the  various  States,  among  which  are  J.  G. 
Whittier  from  Massachusetts,  William  Lloyd  Garrison  from  Massa- 
chusetts, and  others. 

PRESENTATION  COPY  OF    A  RARE  PAMPHLET. 

775.  THE  ABOLITION  CAUSE  EVENTUALLY 
TRIUMPHANT  :  A  Sermon  delivered  before  the  Anti- 
Slavery  Society  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Aug.,  1836,  by  Rev. 
David  Root.      8vo,  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  24. 

Andover:   Gould  &  Newman,  1836 

*  Presentation  copy  from  the  author,  with  inscriptiori  in  his 
autograph:  "  Caleb  Dusien,  zuith  the  respects  of  the  author."  Edited 
by  Whittier;  and  with  a  34-line  note  by  liim  on  pp.  17-18.  Very 
scarce.  Lacking  in  the  Arnold,  Foote,  and  other  well-known  col- 
lections. 

776.  RIGHT  AND  WRONG  IN  BOSTON.  Annual 
Report  of  the  Boston  Female  Anti-Slavery  Society.  i2mo, 
original  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  90  (small  piece  of  front  wrap- 
per torn  away).  Boston:   Published   for  the  Society,  1836 

Contains  2  Poems  by  Whittier:  "  To  the  Memory  of  Charles  B. 
Storrs"  and  ''Clerical  Oppressors,"  the  latter  of  which  is  anonymous. 
Rare  in  the  original  wrappers. 

139 


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777.  SONGS  OF  THE  FREE,  and  Hymns  of  Christian 
Freedom.     lamo,  original  clotii.    Boston:  Isaac  Knapp,  1836 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label.  The  Poems:  "  Voice  of 
N^eiv  England,"  "  The  Hunting  of  Men"  and  "Our  Coimtryvien  in 
Chains,"  are  by  Whittier. 

778.  MOGG  MEGONE  ;  a  Poem.  32mo,  original  cloth, 
lettered  on  the  side.  Boston:  Light  and  Stearns,  1836 

*  Fine  copy.  Very  rare.  '' Mogg  Megone"  has  never  been 
published  in  any  collected  edition  of  the  author's  works.  It  was  first 
isued  serially  in  "The  New  England  Magazine"  for  1835,  and  was  the 
first  bound  volume,  exclusively  of  verse  issued  by  Whittier.  He 
tried  persistently,  but  unsuccessfully,  to  suppress  it.  In  a  letter 
written  to  Lucy  Hooper  in  1837  the  author  says  in  part.  ".  .  .  I  send 
thee  a  copy  of  '  Mogg  Megone.'  .  .  .  It  is  not,  I  fear,  calculated 
to  do  good.  But  a  small  edition,  hoiuever,  was  printed,  and  it  is  some 
satisfaction  ts  believe  that  it  cannot  do  much  evil." 

Enclosed  in  a  full  crushed  levant  green  morocco  solander 

CASE,  richly  gilt    BACK,  BY  BrADSTREET. 

779.  THE  BOSTON  BOOK:  being  Specimens  of  Met- 
ropolitan Literature.  Edited  by  B.  B.  Thatcher  [with  Poems 
by  Whittier,  Holmes,  and  others].  Vignette  title.  i2mo, 
original  cloth  (ink-spot  on  engraved  title). 

Boston:   Light  and  Stearns,  1837 

780.  POEMS.  Written  during  the  Progress  of  the  Aboli- 
tion Question  in  the  United  States  between  the  Years  1830 
and  1838.  Frontispiece  and  vignettes.  i2mo,  original  figured 
cloth,  lettered  on  the  side,  pp.  96.   Boston :  Isaac  Knapp,  1837 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label.  The  earliest  issue  of 
THE  First  Edition  with  96  pages.  Extremely  rare.  Enclosed 
in  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco  solander  case,  richly  tooled,  by 
Bradstreet.     A  very  fine  copy. 

781.  POEMS.  Written  during  the  Progress  of  the  Aboli- 
tion Question  in  the  United  States  between  the  Years  1830 
and  1838.  Frontispiece  and  vignettes.  i2mo,  original  figured 
cloth,  lettered  on  side,  pp.  103.      Boston:   Isaac  Knapp,  1837 

*  Fine  copy.  Contains  103  pages.  Whittier  had  gone  on  a  visit 
to  New  York.  "...  a  place  ivhich  .  .  .  I  must  consider  unfit  for 
Christian,  or  heathen  even,  to  dive  1 1  in  "  (extract  from  a  letter  written 
by  Whittier  in  1837),  when,  without  Whittier's  authority  or  permis- 
sion, Isaac  Knapp  published  the  above  volume  of  Poems,  which  is  the 
first  published  edition  of  his  collected  Poems. 

140 


READ 


AT    THE    OPENING 


THE   PENNSYLVANIA   HALL, 


ON 


The  IStJi  of  Firth  Month,  1S38. 


PHILADELPHIA: 

MUNTED    MT    MKRHTHEW    AND    GUNX, 

No.  7  Caiti-i '«  Alley. 

1838. 


[See  No.  788.] 


'mov\i5  of  5obn  Grecnleaf  Mbittier 

782.  RIGHT  AND  WRONG  IN  BOSTON.  Annual 
Report  of  the  Boston  Female  Anti-Slavery  Society.  i6mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:   Isaac  Knapp,  1837 

*  Contains  the  Poem  "  Lines  written  on  reading  the  famous  Pas- 
toral Letter  of  the  Massachusetts  General  Association,"  by  Whittier. 

783.  NARRATIVE  OF  JAMES  WILLIAMS.     An 

American  Slave,  who  was  for  several  Years  a  Driver  on  a 
Cotton  Plantation  in  Alabama.  Portrait  of  Williams  engraved 
by  Patrick  Reason  [a  negro].  24mo,  original  figured  cloth 
(corners  of  pages  stained;  name  on  back). 

New  York:  American  Anti-Slavery  Society,  1838 

*  Rare  First  Issue  of  the  First  Edition,  published  anony- 
mously and  written  when  Whittier  was  visiting  his  friend,  J.  W. 
Hill,  of  New  York.  The  "gentleman"  referred  to  on  p.  98  is  in 
all  probability  Mr.  Hill. 

In  "Proceedings  of  the  American  Anti-Slavery  Society"  (New 
York,  1864)  there  is  a  catalogue  of  the  Anti-Slavery  Publications  in 
America  from  1750  to  1863,  in  which  this  book  is  stated  to  have  been 
'  drawn  up  by  Whittier,'  and  in  a  letter  written  by  Whittier  he  ac- 
knowledges his  connection  with  the  book." — Arnold  Catalogue. 

Enclosed  in  a  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco  solander  casej 
richly  tooled  by  Bradstreet. 

784.   The  same.      The    rare    second    issue    having 

printer's  name  on  the  reverse  of  title,  etc.  Bound  in  original 
boards,  cloth  back,  with  printed  label. 

New  York:  American  Anti-Slavery  Society,  1838 

*  Enclosed  in  a  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco  solander  case, 
richly  tooled,  by  Bradstreet.  Mr.  Chamberlain  stated  that  all 
copies  in  boards  are  reissues. 

785.   The  same.     A  fine  copy  of  the  third  issue  in 

the  original  printed  wrappers.  The  title  on  the  front 
wrapper  reads  "Authentic  Narrative,"  etc.  The  work  was 
entirely  re-set  and  stereotyped  at  the  foundry  of  Geo.  A. 
and  J.  Curtis.  The  portrait  was  also  re-engraved  and  litho- 
graphed by  Moore  of  Boston.  i2mo,  wrappers.  New  York  and 
Boston:  Amer.  Anti-Slavery  Society  and   Isaac  Knapp,  1838. 

*Very  rare  in  this  state.  This  issue  embodies  all  the  cor- 
rections in  the  second  New  York  edition. 

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PRESENTATION  COPY. 
786.  POEMS.  I  by  I  John  G.  Whittier.  |  rule  |  [quota- 
tion, 6  lines.]  |  rule  |  Philadelphia:  |  Published  by  Joseph 
Healy.  |  Boston:  Weeks,  Jordan  &  Co.  |  New  York:  John  S. 
Taylor.  |  ....  |  1838.  izmo,  original  figured  cloth,  lettered 
on  sides.  Philadelphia:  Joseph  Healy,  1838 

*  With  inscription  in  the  autograph  of  the  author: 
"With  the   best  wishes  of   thine,  J.   G.   Whittier."     Very 

SCARCE. 

787.  ADDRESS  READ  AT  THE  OPENING  OF 
THE  PENNSYLVANIA  HALL,  on  the  15th  of  Fifth 
Month,  183S.  Leaflet  of  8  pages.  i2mo  (name  erased  from 
title,  and  Whittier's  name  written  in  a  contemporary  hand). 
In  cloth  case  with  leather  cover. 

Philadelphia:   Merrihew  and  Gunn,  1838 

*  The  Charles  B.  Foote  copy,  with  bookplate  engraved  by  E.  D. 
French.  There  are  two  issues  of  this  address,  one  on  thin 
white  paper  as  this  copy  and  the  other  on  thick  cream-colored 
PAPER.     Very  rare. 

788.  ADDRESS  READ  AT  THE  OPENING  OF 
THE  PENNSYLVANIA  HALL,  on  the  15th  of  Fifth 
Month,  1838.      Leaflet  of  8  pages.     i2mo. 

Philadelphia:   Merrihew  and  Gunn,  1838 
*The  issue  on  thick  cream-colored  PAPER.     Rare. 
[See  Reproduction.] 

789.  HISTORY     OF     PENNSYLVANIA     HALL, 

which  was  Destroyed  by  a  Mob,  on  the  17th  of  May,  1838. 
Frontispiece  {on  India  paper),  and  2  other  full-page  illustrations 
of  the  Hall,  one  of  which  is  a  mezzotint  of  the  Hall  in  Flatnes. 
8vo,  contemporary  sheep. 

Philadelphia:   Merrihew  and  Gunn,  1838 

*  Contains  the  slip  of  Errata,  found  in  few  copies.  With  a 
Poetical  Address  by  Whittier. 

The  offices  of  the  "Pennsylvania  Freeman  "  (of  which  Whittier 
was  the  editor)  were  in  the  basement  of  Pennsylvania  Hall. 

790.  THE  NORTH  STAR;  the  Poetry  of  Freedom, 
by  her  Friends.      i2mo,  original  embossed  roan. 

Philadelphia:  Merrihew  and  Thompson,  1840 

*  Scarce.  Edited  anonymously  by  Whittier,  who  contributed  the 
Poems  "The   Exiles,  a  Tale  of  New  England,"  and  "  The  World, 

142 


morfts  of  5obn  Greenleat  Mbittler 

a  Convention,"  and  possibly,  "Granada."     James  T.   Fields,  Whit- 
tier's  sister  Elizabeth,  and  John  Pierpont  were  also  contributors. 

The  poem  "  Egypt,"  by  Miss  Lloyd,  to  whom  Whittier  was  said 
to  have  been  betrothed,  was  extensively  altered  by  him. 

791.  MOLL  PITCHER,  AND  THE  MINSTREL 

GIRL.  Poems.  24mo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  44  (a  few 
margins  stained).  Philadelphia:  Joseph  Healy,  1840 

*  Very  rare.  First  and  only  authorized  edition  in  book 
FORM  OF  the  Poem  "  The  Minstrel  Girl."  "  Moll  Pitcher  "  had 
already  appeared  in  1832,  but  anonymously.  This  is  the  only 
complete  edition  of  the  poem  with  the  author's  name  on 
the  title-page.  One  of  the  rarest  First  Editions  of  Whit- 
tier. Enclosed  in  a  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco  solander 
case,  richly  tooled,  by  Bradstreet. 

792.  THE  POEMS    OF  JOHN  G.  C.  BRAINARD. 

A  New  and  Authentic  Collection,  with  an  Original  Memoir 
of  his  Life.  Portrait  and  engraved  title.  i2mo,  original  boards, 
uncut.  Hartford:   Edward  Hopkins,  1842 

*  With  the  Poem  "To  the  Memor}-  of  J.  G.  C.  Brainard."  4 
stanzas  of  6  lines  each,  by  Whittier. 

793-  LAYS  OF  MY  HOME  and  Other  Poems.  i2mo, 
original  boards,  paper  label  intact,  and  with  the  advertise- 
ments, pp.  6.  Boston:  William  D.  Ticknor,  1843 

*  Fine  copy.  Rare  in  boards,  uncut.  It  is  interesting  to 
note  that  "  Lays  of  My  Home"  was  the  first  volume  of  Verse  for 
which  Whittier  received  any  remuneration — all  his  previous  collec- 
tions having  been  of  limited  circulation,  or  issued  in  aid  of  "the 
cause." 

794-  THE  NEW  WORLD  for  Dec.  30,  1S43  (4  pp. 
only),  containing  an  Oration  by  Hon.  Rufus  Choate  on  the 
Anniversary  of  the  Landing  of  the  Pilgrims,  the  forerunner 
of  Whittier's  Poem,  "The  Voices  of  the  True  Hearted." 
4to.  1843 

795-  THE  I  STRANGER  IN  LOWELL.  |  [quotation, 
4  lines.]  I  Boston:  |  Waite,  Peirce  &  Company.  |  No.  i  Corn- 
hill.  I  [waved  rule]  |  1845.  i2mo,  original  printed  wrappers, 
uncut,  with  the  half-title  (spotted,  and   relief  stamp  on  title). 

Boston,  1845 

*  Very  rare  in  wrappers.  Enclosed  in  a  half -green  crushed 
levant  morocco  case. 

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Ubc  Collection  ot  5,  C.  Cbamberlafn 

796.  ''THE  BRANDED  HAND  "  (a  Poem).   By  J.  G. 

Whittier;  [also]  "  Lines  on  reading  of  the  Capture  of  cer- 
tain Fugitive  Slaves  near  Washin<^ton."  [A  Poem.]  By  J.  R. 
Lowell.  [Leaflet  (No.  9),  pp.  (33)-36.]  Small  8vo,  folded 
sheet.      [Philadelphia,  Dec.  1845.]     Rare. 

797.  THE  LIBERTY  MINSTREL.  By  George  W. 
Clark.  Fourth  edition.  [Contains  Songs  by  Whittier, 
Lowell,  Longfellow,  Pierpont  and  others,  i^'/ /^  w//jzV.]  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  New  York:   Saxton  &  Miles,  etc.,  1845 

*  Very  scarce. 

798.  THE  OPAL.  A  Pure  Gift  for  the  Holy  Days, 
edited  by  John  Keese.  Illustrated.  8vo,  original  full  calf, 
gilt.  New  York:  J.  C.  Riker,  1846 

*'Contains  "  My  Soul  and  I,"  and  "  The  Wife  of  Manoah  to  Her 
Husband,"  by  Whittier. 

799.  VOICES  OF  FREEDOM.  Sixth  and  complete 
edition.      i2mo,  original  cloth.      Fine  copy. 

Philadelphia:   Thos.  S.  Cavender,  1846 

*  All  the  copies  of  this  work  bear  on  the  title  a  designation  such 
as  "  Fourth  and  Complete  Edition,"  "  Fifth  and  Complete  Edi- 
tion," etc.  The  earliest  issue  seems  to  be  the  Fourth,  although  all 
the  editions  contain  the  same  material,  it  being  thought  that  the 
publisher  used  these  devices  to  create  a  fictitious  impression  of  the 
popularity  of  the  book. 

800.  THE  SUPERNATURALISM  OF  NEW 
ENGLAND.  By  the  Author  of  "  The  Stranger  in  Lowell." 
i2mo,  original  paper  covers,  as  issued. 

New  York  and  London:   Wiley  &  Putnam,  1847 

*  Very  scarce  in  paper. 

801.  THE  LITERARY  WORLD.  April  17th,  1847, 
containing  a  Review  of   "  Supernaturalism  in  New  England."' 

[New  York,  1847] 

*  This  review  was  written  by  Nathaniel  Hawthorne. 

802.  MEMOIR  OF  THE  REV.  CHARLES  T. 
TORREY,  who  Died  in  the  Penitentiary  of  Maryland.  By 
J.  C.  Lovejoy.      Portrait.       i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  John  P.  Jewitt  &  Co.,  1847 

*  Contains  Poem  "  Christ  in  the  Tempest,"  and  "  Remarks,"  by 
Whittier. 

144 


Morfts  ot  5obn  (Brcenleaf  Mbittier 

803.  AMERICAN  FREE  SOIL  ALMANAC  for 
1849.  i2mo,  original  pictorial  wrappers  (view  of  locomo- 
tive). Boston:   White,  Potter  &  Wright  [1848] 

*  Very  scarce,  lacking  in   the   Arnold,  Foote  and  Pyser  collec- 
tions.    With  Poem  of  14  verses  "  Free  Soil  Ptean,"  by  Whittier. 

804.  OUR  DAY.  A  Gift  for  the  Times.  Edited  by  J.  G. 
Adams.      i2mo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:   B.  B.  Mussey  &  Co.,  1848 

*  Contains    "The  Reward,"  Poem  of  six  stanzas,  by  Whittier. 

805.  LEAVES  FROM  MARGARET  SMITH'S 
JOURNAL  IN  THE  PROVINCE  OF  MASSA- 
CHUSETTS BAY,  1678-9.  i2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut 
and  unopened,  with  advts.,  pp.  4. 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  &:  Fields,  1849 

*  Fine  copy   ot   the   first    issue,   with    the   mis-spelled    words   on 
pp.  173,  222. 

806.  LEAVES  FROM  MARGARET  SMITH'S 
JOURNAL  IN  THE  PROVINCE  OF  MASSA- 
CHUSETTS   BAY,  1678-9.     i2mo. 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  1849 

*  A   FINE  COPY  of  the   first  issue,  in  the  original  wrappers,. 
with  the  Advertisements.     Extremely  rare  in  wrappers. 

807.  POEMS.  Portrait  of  the  author.  Engraved  title  atid 
plates  on  steely  after  designs  by  H.  Billings.  8vo,  original  red  cloth 
gilt,  gilt  edges.         Boston:   Benjamin  B.  Mussey  &  Co.,  1849 

*  Fine   copy.     Includes  some  Poems  now  first  collected  and  pub- 
lished. 

808.  OLD  PORTRAITS  AND  MODERN 
SKETCHES.  i2mo,  original  cloth.  With  advertise- 
ments, 4  pp.  Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,   1850 

*  Anson  Burlingame's  copy.     [See  his  Biography.] 

809.  A  TRACT  FOR  THE  TIMES!  A  SABBATH 
SCENE.  Original  broadside  poem  of  27  stanzas  of  4 
lines  each,  printed  in  double  columns  within  ornamental 
borders,  on  one  side  of  the  paper  only.  Small  folio,  meas- 
uring 7^2  X  13^8  inches  (small  hole  in  top,  destroying  part 
of  the  first  two  verses).  [n.  p.],  June,  1850 

*  Extremely  rare.  The  Arnold  copy,  which  was  described  as 
"  The  only  copy  known."  Enclosed  in  half  green  crushed  levant 
morocco  case,  by  Bradstreet. 

145 


Zbc  Collection  of  3.  C.  Cbamberlaln 

8io.  SONGS  OF  LABOR,  and  other  Poems.  i2mo, 
original  boards,  uncut,  and  with  the  paper  label. 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  1850 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label.  Rake  in  boards,  un- 
cut. With  the  advertisements  (pp.  4)  at  front.  No  advertisements 
appear  in  the  cloth  copies. 

811.  LITTLE  EVA  :  Uncle  Tom's  Guardian  Angel. 
Poetry  by  J.  G.  Whittier,  music  by  Manuel  Emilio.  Music 
4to,  original  pictorial  wrappers. 

Boston:  J.  P,  Jewitt  &  Co.,  1852 

812.  AUTOGRAPHS  FOR  FREEDOM.  J^ron^S- 
piece  and  facsimiles  of  autographs.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  John  P.  Jewitt  &  Co.,  1853 

*  With  card  bearing  autograph,  "John  G.  Whittier" 
laid  in.     Contains   "  The  Way,"  poem  by  Whittier. 

813.  THE    CHAPEL    OF     THE    HERMITS,  and 

other  Poems.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  1853 

*  John  G.  Saxe's  copy,  with  his  autograph. 

814.  LITERARY  RECREATIONS  AND  MISCEL- 
LANIES. i2mo,  original  cloth,  with  the  advertisements, 
pp.  8.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1854 

815.  THE  PANORAMA,  and  other  Poems.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1856 

*  The  proposed  course  of  Lectures  that  were  to  be  delivered  in 
Tremont  Temple,  Boston,  during  the  Winter  of  1855-6,  prompted 
Whittier  to  write  "  The  Panorama,"  which  was  read  by  Thomas 
Starr  King  at  the  opening  lecture. 

816.  PROCEEDINGS  AT  THE  DEDICATION  OF 
THE  KENOZA  CLUB  HOUSE,  AT  KENOZA 
LAKE  (GREAT  POND),  Wednesday  afternoon,  August 
31,  1850.     8vo.  Haverhill:  Z.  E.  Stone,  Printer,  1859 

*  Fine  copy  in  the  original  printed  wrappers.  Only  35 
copies  were  printed,  for  distribution,  and  not  for  sale.  Contains  the 
poem,  "  Kenoza,"  by  Whittier  (who  was  an  honorary  member  of  the 
club),  differing  from  the  version  published  in  his  complete  works. 
The  "Great  Pond  "  was  renamed  "Kenoza"  by  the  poet. 

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PRESENTATION    COPY    FROM    WHITTIER, 

817.  ORATION  BY  THOMAS  CHASE,  AND 
POEM  BY  JOHN  G.  WHITTIER,  delivered  before  the 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Friend's  School  at  Providence,  at 
their  Second  Annual  Meeting  at  Newport,  i860.  8vo,  origi- 
nal wrappers,  pp.  32.         Philadelphia:   Collins,  Printer,  i860 

*  With  poem,"  "  The  Quaker  Alumni,"  by  Whittier.     Autograph 

PRESENTATION     COPY    FROM    WhITTIER   TO    HIS     INTIMATE    FRIEND, 

Dr.  Bowditch,    with    the    inscription: — "  H.   I.    Bowditch, 
FROM  his  fd.  John  G.  Whittier,    20th.    7th.  mo.   i860." 

PRESENTATION   COPY    FROM    WHITTIER. 

818.  HOME  BALLADS  AND  POEMS,  i2mo,  orig- 
inal cloth,  with  the  advts.,  pp.  16,  dated  July,  i860. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  i860 

*  Presentation  copy  from  Whittier,  with  inscription: — 
"Wm.  Williamson,  from  the  author,  29th.   8th  mo.  i860." 

819.   The  same,  original  cloth,  fore  edges  uncut. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1861 

*  Uncut  copies  are  very  rare. 

820.  THE  ATLANTIC  MONTHLY,  for  December, 
1861,  containing  the  Poem,  "  A  Legend  of  the  Lake,"  by 
Whittier.      8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1861 

*  This,  the  original  appearance  of  the  poem,  contains  several  vari- 
ations of  spelling,"  etc.,  from  the  privately  printed  broadside  issue  of 
1893. 

821.  THE  ATLANTIC  MONTHLY,  June,  1862,  con- 
taining "  Astraea  at  the  Capitol,"  by  Whittier;  also,  "  Pere 
Antoine's  Date- Palm,"  by  Aldrich,  afterwards  reprinted 
in  "Out  of  His  Head."     8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1862 

822.  THE  PATIENCE  OF  HOPE,  by  the  Author  of 
"  A  Present  Heaven  "  [Dora  Greenwell],  with  an  Introduc- 
tion by  John  G.  Whittier.  Vignette  on  title.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1862 

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823.  PROCEEDINGS  OF    THE  ALUMNI    ASSO- 
CIATION    OF    FRIENDS'    YEARLY    MEETING 

SCHOOL.  With  the  Oration  by  Moses  A.  Cartland,  and 
the  Poem,  "  In  War  Time,"  by  John  G.  Whitiier.  8vo, 
original  wrappers,  pp.  43. 

Providence:  Knowles,  Anthony  and  Co.,  1863 

*  The  Arnold  copy. 

824.  IN  WAR  TIME,  and   other   Poems.      i2mo,  origi- 
nal cloth,  with  the  advertisements,  pp.  22,  dated  Nov.,  1863. 

Boston:  Ticknorand  Fields,  1864 

*  "  No  apparent  variations,  but  text  not  compared"  (note  of  Mr. 
Chamberlain). 

825.   The  same.    Vignette  on  title.      i2mo,  original  cloth, 

with  the  advertisements,  pp.  22,  dated  Nov.,  1863. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1864 

826.  The  same.     i2mo,  original  cloth,  with  the  adver- 
tisements, pp.  22.  Boston:  Ticknorand  Fields,  1864 

827.  NATIONAL  LYRICS.     Illustrated.      i2mo,   origi- 
nal wrappers,  pp.  104.  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1865 

828.  PROSE  WORKS.     Portrait.      2    vols.  i2mo,  origi- 
nal cloth  (spotted).  Boston:  Ticknorand  Fields,  1866 

829.  SNOW-BOUND:     A     Winter    Idyl.      Portrait   and 
vignettes.      i2mo,  original  (purple)  cloth. 

*  First  Issue.  Boston:  Ticknorand  Fields,   1866 

830.  Another  copy.     i2mo,  green  cloth. 

*  The  Second  Issue. 

831.   The  same.      Portrait  and  vignettes.      i2mo,  origi- 
nal (green)  cloth.  Boston  :  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1866 

*  Second  issue,  without  the  pagination  on  p.  52. 

832.  MAUD     MULLER.      IVitli    illustrations   by    W.   J. 
Hennessy.      8vo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:  Ticknorand  Fields,  1867 

*  First  Illustrated  and  Separate  Edition.      The  poem  was 
originally  published  in  the  "National  Era"  in  1854. 

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833.  THE  TENT  ON  THE  BEACH,  and  other 
Poems.      Vignette  on  title.      i2mo,  original  cloih. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1867 

*  First  Issue,  printed  on  thick  paper, 

834.   The     same.      Vignette    on    title.      lamo,    original 

cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1867 

*  First  Issue  (there  were  four  different  issues  in  1867),  with  the 
second  stanza  on  page  46  beginning,  ' '  With  quick  heart-glow,  as  one 
might  meet."  Presentation  copy,  with  inscription  in  the 
AUTOGRAPH  OF  Jas.  T.  FIELDS:  ''Mrs.  Crosland  from  f.  T. 
F.,  Jan.  1867."  With  numerous  interesting  notes  by  Mr.  Chamber- 
lain referring  to  varying  issues  laid  in. 

Also,  four  later  issues  of  the  same  work,  with  the  variations  above 
referred  to  (5  vols.). 

835.  SNOW-BOUND:  A  Winter  Idyl.  Vignette  portrait 
by  Andrew.,  after  ffentiessy,  and  illustrations  by  Linton  and  An- 
thony., after  Fenn.     8vo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1868 

PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  WHITTIER. 

836.  AMONG  THE  HILLS,  and  Other  Poems.  Frontis- 
piece and  vignettes.  i2mo,  original  cloth  (a  few  margins 
water-stained).  Boston:  Fields,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1869 

*  Genuine  first  issue,  without  the  publisher's  device  on  back, 
and  with  variations  in  the  text  from  later  issues.  With  the  author's 

AUTOGRAPH  ON  FLY-LEAF — "JOHN  G.  WhITTIER." 

837.  The  same.      Second   issue,  with   the  publisher's 

device  on  back.  Boston,  1869 

838.  MIRIAM,  and  other  Poems.  Frontispiece  and  vignette 
on  title.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Fields,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1871 

*  Genuine  first  issue,  with  the  imprint  of  Fields,  Osgood  &  Co, 

839.  THE    JOURNAL   OF    JOHN    WOOLMAN. 

With  an   Introduction    by  John  G.  Whittier.       i2mo,  original 
cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1871 

WITH  A  LETTER  FROM  WHITTIER. 

840.  CHILD  LIFE:  A  Collection  of  Poems,  edited  by 
J.  G.  Whittier.     Illustrated.     i2mo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1872 

*  Whittier  was  assisted  in  the  compilation  of  the  above  volume  by 
Lucy  Larcom.     Inserted  is  a  2-page  Autograph  Letter,  Dec.  31,  1S70, 

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from  Whittier,  of  the  greatest  interest,  written  to  his  publishers, 
who  had  asked  him  to  edit  a  volume  of  Poems  for  Children.  He  says 
in  part: 

"  /  /lave  taken  time  to  consult  with  one  or  two  of  tny  literary 
friends.  Miss  Larcom  among  others,  aud  think  that  with  their  kind 
assistance  I  can  do  what  you  wish  as  regards  the  compilation  of  poems. 
The  title  I  would  suggest  should  be  '  Poems  of  Childhood.' 

1 7vrote  in  a  previous  letter  relative  to  the  Life  of  John  Woolman. 
Mr.  Fields  is  acquainted  with  the  book,  which  was  a  favourite  with 
such  men  as  Clarkson,  Chas.  Lamb,  Wordsworth,  and  Dr.  Channing. 
No  good  edition  has  been  published  in  this  coutitry,  and  it  is  now  out 
of  print  .  .  .  L  must  give  up  the  idea  of  announcing  the  '  Indian  Sum- 
mer' this  year,"  etc.  The  letter  is  dated  Amesbury,  31,  i2mo., 
1870,  and  "  The  Journal  of  John  Woolman,"  with  Introduction  by 
Whittier,  was  issued  in  187 1. 

841.  THE  PENNSYLVANIA  PILGRIM  and  other 
Poems,      flliistrated.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood   and  Co.,  1872 

*  The  poem  tells  the  story  of  the  German,  Pastorius,  who  in  1663 
brought  a  colony  of  Germans  to  Pennsylvania,  joined  the  Society  of 
Friends,  and  was  the  author  of  the  first  protest  made  by  any  reli- 
gious body  against  slavery. 

842.  DEDICATORY  SERVICES  OF  THE  PAR- 
KER    MEMORIAL     MEETING     HOUSE,    by     the 

Twenty-Eighth   Congregational   Society  of   Boston,  Sunday, 
Sept,  21,  1873.      8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  46. 

Boston:  Cochrane  and  Sampson,  1873 

*  With  original  poem,  "  God  in  Humanity,"  5  verses,  which  does 
not  seem  to  have  been  collected.  It  is  not  in  the  Cambridge  edition, 
and  is  probably  here  printed  for  the  first  and  only  time. 

843.  SUMNER.  Leaflet  Poem  of  8  pages,  4to, with  printed 
signature.  Printed  in  large  type  to  facilitate  reading  at  the 
Sumner  Memorial  Services,  June,  1874,  Tied  with  white 
silk.      Very  rare.  [n.  p.,  n.  d.]  [Boston,  1874] 

844.  THE  ANTI-SLAVERY  CONVENTION  OF 
1833,  The  Original  Article  extracted  from  "The  Atlantic 
Monthly,"  Feb.,  1874.      8vo. 

Boston:  H.  O.  Houghton  and  Co.,   1874 

*  Enclosed  in  half  green  morocco  case. 

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845.  CHILD  LIFE  IN  PROSE.  Edited  by  J.  G. 
Whittier.     Illustrated.      12010,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1874 

*  Fine  copy.  Scarce.  With  Preface  and  an  original  Tale,  "  The 
Fish  I  Didn't  Catch,"  by  Whittier.  Lucy  Larcom  assisted  Whittier 
in  the  compilation  of  part  of  the  above,  but  was  taken  sick  and  left 
the  completion  of  the  work  to  Whittier.  Some  of  the  passages  in  the 
Preface  refer  to  Whittier'sown  childhood. 

846.  HAZEL-BLOSSOMS.  Frontispiece  and  vignette  on  title. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.     Boston  :  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1875 

847.  ONE  HUNDREDTH  ANNIVERSARY  OF 
THE  BATTLE  OF  LEXINGTON,  April  19,  1875. 
Original  Programme,  with  the  Poem,  "Lexington — 1775,"  by 
Whittier.      8vo,  pp.  4,  wrappers.  [Boston,  1875] 

848.  SONGS  OF  THREE  CENTURIES.  Edited 
by  John  G,  Whittier.      Post  8vo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1876 

*  Lucy  Larcom  assisted  in  the  compilation  of  this  volume,  which 
contains  6  contributions  by  Whittier.  In  his  determination  to  ex- 
clude Warlike  Poems,  Julia  Ward  Howe's  "  Battle  Hymn  "  was  only 
added  later,  when  "...  I  got  over  my  Quaker  scruples,  or,  rather^ 
stifled  them,  and  put  in  the  'Battle  Hymn.'  " 

849.  Thesame.   Large  Paper  copy.   8vo.   Boston, 1876 

WHITTIER'S  DIRECTIONS  TO  THE  PRINTER  LAID  IN. 

850.  PROCEEDINGS  AT  THE  DEDICATION  OF 
THE  HAVERHILL  PUBLIC  LIBRARY.  November 
nth,  1875;  and  Report  of  the  Trustees  to  the  City  of  Haver- 
hill, January  i,  1876.     8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  43. 

Haverhill:  G.  C.  Morse  and  Son,  1876 

*  Contains  letter  to  Hon.  Alpheus  Currier,  Mayor  of  Haverhill, 
from  Whittier.  With  autograph  note  [directions  to  the  printer]  from 
Whittier  laid  in. 

WITH  WHITTIER  LETTER  REFERRING  TO  IT. 

851.  MABEL  MARTIN:  A  Harvest  Idyll.  With  illus- 
trations.     8vo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1876 

*  This  8vo  edition  contains  5S  illustrations.  It  was  really  pub- 
lished in  1875  though  dated  1S76.  Whittier  thought  very  highly  of 
this  Poem.  WViting  to  his  publisher  in  Nov.,  1874,  he  says,  in  part: 
"...     ^j- iV  [Mabel  Martin]  'now  stands  I  regard  it  as  the  best 

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poem  of  the  kind  I  have  ever  roritten."  Laid  in  is  a  2-page  autograph 
letter  to  liis  publisher:  "Have  you  printed  off  the  'Mabel  Martin.^ 
It  seetns  to  me  proper  to  say  a  tuord  about  the  change  in  name,  etc.,  in 
the  poetn. 

^And  there  is  a  slight  error  in  punctuation  in  one  of  the  verses  and 
one  word  mis-spelled,  and  in  the  PROEM  or  introductory  stanza,  I  wish 
to  make  one  or  two  corrections."  Presentation  copy  to  George  S. 
Hillard  from  Charlotte  F.  Bates. 

852.   The  same.     With  21  illustrations.     i2mo,  original 

cloth.  Boston,    1876 

853.  INDIAN  CIVILIZATION:  A  Lecture,  by  Stan- 
ley Pumphrey  of  England.  With  an  Introduction  by  John 
G.  Whittier.  Large  folding  map.  8vo,  original  wrapper,  pp. 
52.    Philadelphia:   Bible  and  Tract  Distributing  Society,  1877 

ORIGINAL  MANUSCRIPT  AND  CORRECTED  PROOF. 

854.  FITZ-GREENE  HALLECK.  The  Inauguration 
of  the  Halleck  Statue,  May  i,  1877.  Whittier's  Original 
Manuscript   of  the   Poem,    written   for  that  occasion; 

THE    corrected    GALLEY-PROOF   OF    THE    SAME;     FOUR     LETTERS 

OF  Whittier  relating    to    it.     The  Leaflet   [Poem],    of 

4  pp.    AS  IT   WAS    printed   FOR    THE    COMMITTEE,    AUTOGRAPHED 

BY  Whittier,  and  the  Invitation  to  attend  the  Cere- 
mony. Bound  in  one  volume,  8vo,  full  green  crushed  levant, 
by  Bradstreet.      (Eight  pieces.) 

*  One  rarely  finds  such  a  record  of  the  writing  of  a  poem,  the  MS. 
and  all  the  chain  complete,  as  Mr.  Chamberlain  secured  in  this  in- 
stance. 

Whittier's  first  letter,  March  3,  1S77,  gives  his  consent  to  write  the 
poem.      April  ig  he  writes:    '''  I  intended  to  make  a  copy  of  my  poem- 
be  fore  sending  it,  but,  owing  to  illness,  I  mtist  send  it  in  its  rough 
state.     .     .     .     I  hesitate  about  the  6th  verse,  and  have  strtick  it  oitt." 
This  is  followed  by  the  "rough  copy,"  15  verses  in  Whittier's  hand, 
on  the  cross- barred  paper  he  often  used.    The  eliminated  6th  verse  is: 
"  To  traffic's  loom  he  lent  the  woof 
Of  fancies  rare  and  quaint. 
And  made  the  roof  oblivion-proof 
That  hides  Manhattan's  Saint." 
This,  in  turn,  is  followed  by  Whittier's  letter  returning  the  proof 
with   his  corrections;  the  proof  itself;  another  letter  of  Whittier's 
acknowledging  receipt  of  The  Leaflet,  and  regretting  that  his  heaith 
will  not  permit  his  presence  at  the  Inauguration.     The  Leaflet,  signed 
by   Whittier,  is  ne.xt   inserted,  and   then  the  Invitation  to  the  Cere- 
mony. 

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WITH  AUTOGRAPH  SIGNATURE. 

855.  FITZ-GREENE  HALLECK.  Original  Poem 
of  14  stanzas  of  4  lines  each  written  for  the  Inauguration  of 
the  Halleck  Statue  in  Central  Park,  New  York  City,  May  ist, 
1877,  pp.  4;  also,  The  Invitation  to  attend  the  Ceremony, 
pp.  4,  i2mo.      [1877.] 

*  Extremely  rare.  Autograph  signature:  "  John  G.Whittier  " 
on  cover.  First  appearance  in  print  of  this  poem.  Only  a 
small  number  were  privately  printed  for  the  author,  being  probably 
intended  for  the  Committee  (headed  by  W.  C.  Bryant)  and  special 
guests.  This  copy  was  purchased  from  Gen.  Jas.  Grant  Wilson,  one 
of  the  members  of  the  Committee.  Enclosed  in  half  green  morocco 
covers,  and  further  enclosed  in  a  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco 
solander  case,  by  Bradstreet. 

856.  THE  VISION  OF  ECHARD,  and  other  Poems. 
i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1878 

857.  GRAND  BANQUET  given  to  the  American 
Pomological  Society  by  the  Massachusetts  Horticultural 
Society  at  Music  Hall,  Boston,  Sept.  i6th,  1881.   Leaflet,  pp.  4. 

[Boston,  1881] 

*  Contains  the  Hymn:  "  O  Painter  of  the  Fruits  and  Flowers," 
nine  verses  of  4  lines  each,  written  for  the  occasion  by  Whittier. 

858.  THE  KING'S  MISSIVE,  and  other  Poems. 
I*ortrait  of  the  at4thor.      izmo,  original  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1881 

859.  THE  BAY  OF  SEVEN  ISLANDS,  and  other 
Poems,  Portrait  of  the  author.  i2mo,  original  cloth,  with 
the  advertisements,  pp.  16. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1883 

860.  COPY  OF  A  LETTER.  Leaflet,  3  pp.  royal 
Svo.   Amesbury,  5th  mo.,  1882,  with  printed  signature.     [1885] 

*  Rare.  Not  in  the  Arnold,  Foote,  Pyser,  and  other  well- 
known  collections.  A  broadside  printed  by  Whittier  at  the  age  of 
75,  giving  a  brief  account  of  his  life.  So  numerous  were  the  letters 
and  inquiries  of  his  many  correspondents  that  Whittier  adopted  this 
method  of  answering  them.  A  striking  testimonial  to  his  great 
popularity. 

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86i.  PROCEEDINGS  at  the  Presentation  of  a  Portrait 
of  John  Greenleaf  Whittier  to  Friends'  School,  Providence, 
R.  I,,  Tenth  Month,  24th,  1884.  Portraits  and  view.  8vo,  tree 
calf,  gilt.       Cambridge:   Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1885 

*  Contains  letter  from  Whittier,  the  Sonnet  "New  England's 
Poet  Rich  in  Love  and  Years";  also,  Letters  from  Lowell,  Holmes 
and  others. 

862.  REUNION  OF  THE  SCHOOLMATES  of  John 
Greenleaf  Whittier,  at  St.  John's  Rectory,  Haverhill,  Mass., 
Sept.  10,  1885.      8vo,  original  boards. 

Haverhill:    Chase  Brothers,  1886 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book-label.  Contains  the  Poem  "1827- 
1885,  The  Gulf  of  Seven  and  Fifty  Years,"  written  for  the  occasion, 
and  a  Letter  by  Whittier,  and  one  by  Holmes  referring  to  Whittier. 

863.  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  REBECCA  NURSE 
MONUMENT.  By  William  P.  Upham.  8vo,  original 
wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  41. 

Salem:   Printed  at  the  Salem  Press,  1886 

*  Contains  three  Letters  by  Whittier;  also,  Whittier's  Inscription 
for  the  Monument.     The  first  issue. 

864.  SAINT  GREGORY'S  GUEST  AND  RECENT 
POEMS.      i2mo,  original  parchment  wrappers,  uncut. 

Boston  and  New  York:  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1886 

865.  NAUHAUGHT  THE  DEACON.  Illustrated  by 
Mrs.  C.  I.  Gara.,  and  facsimile  letter  of  Whittier  to  her.  4to, 
cloth  (soiled  copy).  [N.  Y.  1886] 

*  First  separate  edition,  written  in  1870,  collected  in  "  Miriam  and 
other  Poems,"  1S71.  Slight  changes  in  punctuation,  pencilled  by  Mr. 
Chamberlain. 

866.  AMERICAN  LITERATURE,  and  other  Poems. 
By  Edwin  Percy  Whipple.  With  an  Introductory  Note  by 
J.  G.  Whittier.      i2mo,  original  cloth, 

Boston:   Ticknor  and  Co.,  1887 

867.  INAUGURATION  OF  THE  STATUE  OF 
LIBERTY  ENLIGHTENING  THE  WORLD,   by  the 

President  of  the  United  States,  on  Bedlow's  Island,  New 
York,  Thurs.,  October  28,  1886.  Facsimile  of  Invitation.  8vo, 
original  wrappers,  pp.  62. 

New  York:   D.  Appleton  and  Co.,  1887 

*  The  Arnold  copy.  Contains  the  original  appearance  of  the 
Poem,  "The  Bartholdi  Statue,"  by  Whittier. 

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86S.  THE  WRITINGS  OF  JOHN  GREENLEAF 
WHITTIER.  The  beautifully  printed  Riverside  Press 
edition.  Portraits  on  India  paper.  7  vols.  8vo,  original  half 
holland,  and  boards,  uncut,  and  partly  unopened. 

Cambridge:   Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1888 

*  Large  Paper  copy,  only  400  copies  printed,  tliis  being  No.  308. 

PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  WHITTIER. 

869.  AT  SUNDOWN.  Vignette  on  title.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  Cambridge:  Privately  Printed, The  Riverside  Press,  1890 

*Very  rare.  One  of  only  50  copies  privately  printed  by 
THE  Author,  for  circulation  among  his  friends,  with  pres- 
entation slip  "  From  J.  G.  Whittier."  The  ordinary  issue  was 
not  printed  until  two  years  later,  and  contained  additional  Poems. 
Enclosed  in  a  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco  solander  case,  richly 
tooled  back,  by  Bradstreet. 

870.  THE  LAST  EVE  OF  SUMMER.  Printed 
Broadside  Poem.  9  verses  of  4  lines  each.  Proof  sheet, 
I  p.  8vo,  dated  Aug,  31,  1890, 

*  Extremely  rare.  The  6th  verse,  as  follows,  shows  some 
changes  from  the  published  form. 

"The  sense  of  change  and  mystery  drawing  nigh 
Beneath  this  sundown  sky 
No  words  outworn  suffice  on  lip  or  scroll ; 
The  soul  would  fain  with  soul." 
Altered  to 

"  For  this  still  hour,  this  sense  of  mystery  far 
Beyond  the  evening  star. 
No  words  outworn,"  etc. 

871.  THE  CAPTAIN'S  WELL.  Supplement  to  the 
"New  York  Ledger,"  Leaflet,  pp.  4.  Illustrated  by  Hotvard 
Pyle.      Folio.  [New  York],  1890 

872.  '  BETWEEN  THE  GATES."  Printed  Broad- 
side Poem,  id  verses  of  4  lines  each.   8vo.      n.  p.,  n.  d.  [1891] 

*  Extremely  rare. 

873.  AT  SUNDOWN.  Portrait  of  the  author  and  illus- 
trations (on  India pape?-).      8vo,  vellum  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Cambridge:   Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1892 

*  Large  paper  copy.  Only  250  copies  printed,  this  one  being 
No.  126.     From  the  French  collection. 

874.  The    same.      Portrait    and    illustrations.      i2mo, 

original  cloth.      Printed  later  than  the  issue  on  Large  Paper. 

Boston,  1892 
155 


XTbe  Collection  of  5.  C,  Cbamberlain 

AUTOGRAPHED  COPY. 

875.  SNOW-BOUND.  A  Winter  Idyl.  Portrait  of  the 
author  and  illustrations.      Initials  in  red.      i2mo,  cloth. 

Boston  and  New  York:   Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1892 

*\VrrH  author's  autograph:  "John  G.  Whittier,  March 
4,  1892,"  on  fly-leaf. 

876.  "A  LEGEND  OF  THE  LAKE."  Printed 
Broadside  Poe;vI.    4  pp.  small  4to.    28  stanzas  of  4  lines  each. 

Dover,  N.  H. :   [Privately  Printed  by]  Asa  C.  Tuttle,  1893 

*  The  above  originally  appeared  in  the  "Atlantic  Monthly."  In 
this  issue  there  are  numerous  variations  in  spelling,  etc.  Owing  to 
the  objection  of  a  relative  of  the  subject  of  the  Poem,  IT  WAS  never 

REPRINTED  DURING  WhITTIER'S  LIFETIME.    EXTREMELY  RARE,  ONLY 
ONE  OTHER  COPY  HAVING  BEEN    SOLD  AT  AUCTION. 

877.  LIFE  AND  LETTERS  OF  JOHN  GREEN- 
LEAF  WHITTIER.  By  Samuel  T.  Pickard.  Portraits, 
vieivs^  etc.,  on  Japanese  vellum  and  India  paper.  2  vols.  8vo, 
original  half  holland  and  boards,  uncut,  and  unopened, 

Cambridge:   Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1894 

*  Large  Paper  copy  of  this  beautiful  production.  Limited  to 
400  copies,  this  being  No.  56.  Besides  the  correspondence  (which 
embraces  letters  of  many  contemporary  authors  not  published  else- 
where), several  poems  by  Whittier,  which  do  not  appear  in  collected 
editions  of  his  writings  are  here  published. 

878.  LIFE  AND  LETTERS  OF  JOHN  GREEN- 
LEAF  WHITTIER.  By  Samuel  T.  Pickard.  Portraits 
and  views.      2  vols,  post  8vo,  cloth,  uncut. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1894 

*  The  Arnold  copy  with  book  labels. 

879.  THE  DEMON  LADY.     24mo,  wrappers,  uncut. 

[Haverhill],  1894 

*  25  copies  privately  printed. 

880.  WHITTIER  AS  A  POLITICIAN.  Illustrated  by 
his  Letters  to  Professor  Elizur  Wright,  Jr.  Now  first  pub- 
lished. Edited,  with  Explanatory  Text,  by  Samuel  T,  Pick- 
ard. Portrait  [on  India  paper)  and  facsimile  letter.  8vo, 
original  boards,  uncut.    Boston:  Charles  E.  Goodspeed,  1900 

*  Beautifully  printed  at  the  Riverside  Press.  Only  150  numbered 
copies  were  issued,  this  being  No.  29, 

15G 


Morl?s  of  5obu  Oreenleat  Mbittier 

88i.  SOME  PERSONAL  REMINISCENCES  OF 
THE  POET  WHITTIER,  By  Robert  S.  Rantoul. 
Portrait  and  facsimile.      8vo,  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.   19.      [1901] 

*  Reprinted  from  the  Historical  Collections  of  the  Essex  Institute. 

882.  WHITTIER-LAND.  A  Handbook  of  North  Essex, 
containing  many  Anecdotes  of  and  Poems  by  John  Greenleaf 
Whittier,  never  before  collected.  By  S.  T.  Pickard. 
Illustrated.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mififlin  and  Co.,  1904 

*  With  author's  autograph:  ''Samuel  T.  Pickard,  Whittier  House, 
Amesbttry,  Mass."  on  fly-leaf. 


No.  777—1909 


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FIRST   EDITIONS 


OF 


AMERICAN    AUTHORS 


AND 


OTHER    MISCELLANEOUS   WORKS 

COLLECTED  BY 

31.  Cljester  Chamberlain 


OF    NEW    YORK 


PAET    TWO 

ALDRICH  EVERETT  PARKMAN 

BANCROFT  FISKE  PRESCOTT 

BRET   HARTE  HALLECK  STEDMAN 

COOPER  HOWELLS  STODDARD 

CURTIS  MITCHELL  TAYLOR 

DRAKE  MOTLEY  WHITMAN 

AND    IMPORTANT    DUPLICATES    OF 

BRYANT  HOLMES  LOWELL 

EMERSON  IRVING  POE 

HAWTHORNE  LONGFELLOW  THOREAU 

WHITTIER 


NOVEMBER    4    AND    5,  1909 

Thursday  Apteexoon,  -         -         Lots      1-197 

Thursday  Evening,  -         -         -       "     198-393 

Friday  Afternoon,  -         -         -           "     394-596 

Friday  Evening,         -  -         -         -       "     597-788 

sales  begin  at  2.30  and  8.15  o'clock 


%ift  antierson  9ttttion  Company 

12    East   46th    Street 
New  York 


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Conditions  of  Sale 


1.  ^.11  bids  to  be  per  LiOt  as  numbered  in  the  Catalogue. 

2.  The  highest  bidder  to  be  the  buyer ;  in  all  cases  of  disputed 
bids  the  lot  shall  be  resold,  but  the  Auctioneer  will  use  his 
judgment  as  to  the  good  faith  of  all  claims  and  his  decision  shall 
be  final. 

3.  Buyers  to  give  their  names  and  addresses  and  to  make 
such  cash  payments  on  account  as  may  be  required,  in  default 
of  which  the  lots  purchased  to  be  immediately  resold. 

4.  Goods  bought  to  be  removed  at  the  close  of  each  sale.  If 
not  so  removed  they  will  be  at  the  sole  risk  of  the  purchaser 
and  this  Company  will  not  be  responsible  if  such  goods  are  lost, 
stolen,  damaged  or  destroyed. 

5.  Terms  Cash,  If  accounts  are  not  paid  at  the  con- 
clusion of  each  Sale,  or,  in  the  case  of  absent  buyers,  when  bills 
are  rendered,  this  Company  reserves  the  right  to  recatalogue 
the  goods  for  immediate  sale  without  notice  to  the  defaulting 
buyer,  and  all  costs  of  such  resale  will  be  charged  to  the  defaulter. 
This  condition  is  without  prejudice  to  the  rights  of  the  Company 
to  enforce  the  sale  contract  and  collect  the  amount  due  without 
such  resale  at  its  own  option. 

6.  All  goods  are  sold  as  catalogued,  and  are  assumed  to  be  in 
good  secoiid-liand.  condition.  If  material  defects  are  found, 
not  mentioned  in  the  catalogue,  the  lot  may  be  returned. 
Notice  of  such  defects  must  be  given  promptly  and 
the  goods  returned  within  ten  days  from  the  date 
of  the  sale.     No  exceptions  will  be  made  to  this  rule. 

7.  Sids.  We  make  no  charge  for  executing  orders  for  our 
customers.  We  use  all  bids  competitively  and  buy  at  the  lowest 
price  permitted  by  other  bids. 


All  Books  on  Exhibition    Saturday,   October  30th,  1909 
Priced  copy  of  the  Catalogue  may  be  secured  for  $2.00 


PREFACE. 

'T^HE  Second  Part  of  the  collection  of  Mr.  J.  Chester 
*  Chamberlain  continues  and  completes  the  series  of  first 
editions  of  American  Authors,  part  of  which  were  sold  in 
February  last.  It  will  be  remembered  that  Mr.  Chamberlain 
formed  his  collection  in  the  short  space  of  five  years,  during 
which  period  he  gave  special  attention  to  rounding  out  and 
perfecting  his  collections  of  the  ten  better-known  American 
authors  (Lowell,  Holmes,  Emerson  and  others).  This  sale 
was  a  remarkable  feature  of  the  Book  Auction  Season  of 
1908-1909,  and  in  many  cases  all  previous  record  prices  were 
broken.  This  Catalogue  will  show,  however,  that  his  atten- 
tion was  not  confined  to  these  authors  alone,  and  that  he 
neglected  few  opportunities  to  secure  the  really  valuable 
and  important  first  editions  and  association  books  of  other 
American  authors. 

The  success  which  attended  the  sale  of  the  first  part  of  this 
catalogue  was  due  in  some  measure  to  the  fastidious  care 
which  Mr.  Chamberlain  exercised  as  to  the  condition  of  the 
books  which  he  added  to  his  collection;  an  examination  of 
the  books  which  make  up  the  present  catalogue  will  prove 
that  they  have  been  selected  no  less  carefully,  and  the  number 
of  association  copies  will  be  found  of  unusual  interest.  Chief 
among  these  is  Walt  Whitman's  own  copy  of  Tivo  Rivulets 
filled  with  his  manuscript  additions  and  corrections  in 
preparation  for  another  edition  which  was  never  issued.  The 
first  issue  of  Leaves  of  Grass,  Democratic  Vistas,  Passage  to 
India  and  others  are  all  presentation  copies.  Fitz-Greene 
Halleck's  copy  of  the  Culprit  Fay,  written  by  his  friend  and 
collaborator,  Joseph  Rodman  Drake,  has  many  marginal 
notes  in  the  hand  of  the  former;  the  excessively  rare  Pere 
Antoine''s  Date  Palm  of  Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich,  in  addition 
to  the  friendly  inscription  to  Bayard  Taylor,  has  inserted 
Aldrich's  explanation  of  the  circumstances  of  its  separate 
publication;  R,  H.  Stoddard's  Footprifits,  one  of  the  first  edi- 
tions most  difficult  to  procure,  is  the  copy  retained  by  the 
printer.  Bancroft's  Prospectus  of  a  School  at  Northampton^  an 
almost  unknown  item,  is  inscribed  to  the  father  of  Oliver 
Wendell  Holmes,  and  there  appears  also  the  manuscript  of 


the  first  chapter  of  The  American  Revolution.  James  T.  Fields' 
privately  printed  A  Few  Verses  for  a  Feio  Friends  was  owned 
by  his  friend  and  co-editor,  H.  M.  Ticknor.  Donald  G. 
Mitchell,  the  "Ik  Marvel"  of  a  former  generation,  is  well 
represented  b}'  presentation  copies  of  his  works,  including 
the  first  illustrated  edition  of  that  world-famous  book 
Reveries  of  a  Bachelor  and  the  Lorgnette  in  the  original  parts. 
Uncle  Tofns  Cabin  is  in  the  original  wrappers,  as  issued,  in 
which  state  it  is  very  rare,  and  other  items  are  the  Poems  of 
Freneau,  1795  and  1809;  Daniel  Bryan's  Mountain  Muse,  1813; 
McDonald  Clarke's  Elixir  of  Moonshine ;  Poems  and  Sermons 
of  Benjamin  Colman.  Poems  by  Croaker,  Croaker  &  Co., 
and  Croaker,  Jr.  [by  Drake  &  Halleck],  etc. 

The  Miscellanea  include  the  first  American  edition  of  the 
Second  Part  of  Bunyans  Pilgrim's  Progress,  which  is  rarer 
than  any  of  the  books  mentioned  above;  Castiglione's  famous 
Book  of  the  Courtier,  printed  by  Aldus  in  1547;  the  Sixe 
Court  Comedies  of  John  Lilly,  1632,  and  the  first  edition  of  the 
Poems  of  Michael  Angelo,  printed  at  the  famous  Giunta  Press 
in  Florence  in  1623,  a  book  which  formerly  belonged  to  S.  VV. 
Singer,  Elizabethan  Critic,  and  friend  of  Fitzgerald,  Heber 
and  Douce. 

Included  in  this  catalogue  are  duplicates  of  many  of  the  rare 
works  which  appeared  in  Part  I.  Here  will  be  found  among 
the  Hawthorne  \lerc\sdinother  Fans  haw  e,  Time^  s  Portraiture  SinA 
the  Celestial  City;  Longfellow's  Outre  Mer^  in  parts,  many  of  his 
early  school  books,  and  Excelsior,  with  an  autograph  verse; 
Lowell's  Poems,  1844,  on  Large  Paper,  in  sheets,  and  the 
Arnold  copy  of  Democracy ;  Bryant's  Embargo,  and  Poems,  1821 ; 
Whittier's  Narrative  of  James  Williams,  Moll  Pitcher,  Mogg 
Megone,  and  Pennsylvania  Hall;  Poe's  Raven;  Holmes'  Poems  of 
1836;  Emerson's  Poems  of  1847,  and  Thoreau's  Waldcn. 

It  may  be  well  to  point  out  the  value  of  all  variations  of  the 
first  editions,  as  they  possess  bibliographical  interest  and 
should  be  found  in  all  collections  which  aim  to  be  complete. 
Especially  valuable  in  this  respect  are  the  copies  of  Mr.  Cham- 
berlain, as  many  of  them  have  been  annotated  by  him  with 
the  variations  which  mark  the  difference  between  the  first  and 
later  editions. 

All  books  contain  the  Chamberlain  bookplate,  and  many 
are  in  the  now  well-known  special  cloth  covers,  with  leather 
labels. 


Aldrich: 

Lowell  : 
Taylor: 
Whitman; 
Bunyan: 


REPRODUCTIONS. 

Pere  Antoine's  Date  Palm  \ 
Facsimile  of  note  relating  V      Frontispiece 
to  above       .         .  .    ) 

PAGE 

.....       54 


Poems,  1844     .... 

Manuscript  Sonnet  . 

Two  Rivulets,  Whitman's  copy 

Pilgrim's  Progress — First  Amer- 
ican edition  of  the  Second  Part 
Frontispiece  to  above 


Michael  Angelo :  Poems,  First  edition,  1623 


77 
83 

98 


All    Books    in    the    Collection   are    First    Editions 
Unless  Otherwise  Described. 


No.  777 


CATALOGUE  OF 

C|)e  Collection  of  f .  C.  Cljamberlatn 


Part  II. 


WovU^  of  €l)oma0  I3atlci^  aiDricl) 

1.  THE  BELLS:   A  Collection  of  Chimes.      By  T.  B.  A. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.  New  York:  J.  G.  Derby,  1855 

*  The  author's  first  book.     Scarce.     Not  reprinted. 

2.  DAISY'S  NECKLACE;   and  what  came  of  it.  (A  Liter- 
ary Episode.)      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  Derby  and  Jackson,  1857 

*  Fine  copy  of  the  author's  second  book.  Laid  in  is  an 
Autograph  Card  signed  by  Aldrich  to  Mr.  Bishop  of  "  The  Atlantic 
Monthly." 

3.  THE   COURSE    OF   TRUE   LOVE   NEVER   DID 
RUN   SMOOTH.      Vignette.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

*Finecopy.  New  York:  Rudd  and  Carleton,  1858 

4.  THE  BALLAD  OF  BABIE  BELL  and  other  Poems, 
i2mo,  original  cloth.        New  York:   Rudd  and  Carleton,  1859 

*  Aldrich's  first  collected  Poems. 

5.  PAMPINEA,  and  other  Poems.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:   Rudd  and  Carleton,  1861 

6.  OUT  OF  HIS  HEAD;  a  Romance.      i2mo,   rebound 
in  cloth.  New  York:  Carleton,  1862 

*  Printed  on  toned  (and  thinner)  paper  than  the  following. 

7.  The  Same.      i2mo,  original  green  cloth. 

*  Fine  copy.     Printed  on  thicker  paper  than  the  preceding. 

8.  POEMS.     Portrait  of  the  author.      24mo,  original  cloth, 
gilt  edges.  New  York:  Carleton,  1863 

9.  SOLDIERS'  AND  SAILORS'  PATRIOTIC  SONGS, 

No.  48.     8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  24. 

New  York:  Loyal  Publication  Society,  1864 

*  Contains  "  Pro  Patria  "  and  "Skedaddle"  by  Aldrich,  neither 
of  which  has  been  collected,  also  "  Our  Country's  Call"  by  Bryant. 


Ube  Collection  ot  5.  C.  Cbamberlaln 

10.  POEMS.     24010,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1865 

*  First  issue,  with  the  omission  of  "been"  on  p.  102.  This 
issue  contains  9  poems  here  first  collected. 

11.  ORIGINAL  MANUSCRIPT  OF  THE  POEM 
"ACCOMPLICES,"  14  lines.  Published  in  the  1865  edition 
of  the  Author's  Poems.  With  instructions  written  in  top 
right-hand  corner:  '•'•  Put  this  at  the  end  of  the  volume^  in  place 
of  the  Lyric  entitled  December.'''  The  MS.  was  autographed  by 
Aldrich,  but  some  former  owner  has  run  his  pen  through  the 
signature.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  in  the  collected 
edition  of  his  poems  (2  vols.,  Boston,  1897)  this  poem  is  en- 
titled "  By  the  Potomac,"  and  was  evidently  rewritten,  as  it 
contains  several  lines  that  are  not  in  the  original  MS.,  and 
omits  others,      i  page,  8vo.  [1865] 

12.  PERE  ANTOINE'S  DATE  PALM.  Small  4to,  ori- 
ginal printed   wrappers. 

Cambridge:  Welch,  Bigelow  &  Co.,  1866 

'■■  The  copy  given  to  Mrs.  B.  H.  Ticknor,  with  inscription: 

"'Mrs.    B.    H.    Ticknor    with    the  best   wishes  of   T.    B.   A.,"   in 

Aldrich's  hand.     One   of   only   20   copies   privately   printed. 

[See  note  and  reproduction  of  copy  given  Bayard  Taylor  by  Aldrich, 

No.   624.] 

13.  PANSY'S  WISH:  A  Christmas  Fantasy,  with  a  Moral. 
Small  4to,  original  printed  wrappers. 

Boston:  Published  by  Marion  &  Co.,  1870 

*  The  story  of  the  publication  of  this  interesting-  pamphlet  is  given 
in  an  autograph  note  by  Aldrich  inserted:  "  This  trifle  was  set  up 
and  printed  from  a  toy  font  of  type  by  two  little  girls,  Marion  and 
Edith  Talbot  of  Boston,  who  sold  the  pamphlet  at  a  Fair  in  aid  of 
some  charity.  It  was  reprinted  later  for  a  similar  purpose.  This 
copy  is  one  of  the  first  issue"  (signed  in  full).  Also  inserted  at  end 
is  an  A.  L.  S.  from  the  author  to  Mr.  Foote  in  regard  to  his  first- 
editions,  and  inscription  on  front  cover  in  the  author's  autograph: 
"jst  Edition,    Very  scarce  and  I  wish  it  were  scarcer,  T.  B.  Aldrich." 

Fine  and  most  interesting  copy  of  this  rare  item. 

14.  The  same.     Second  Issue.     4to,  original  printed 

wrappers.      Boston:   Published    for   the   Mass.  Homeopathic 
Hospital  by  Marion  &  Co.  [1870]. 

*  With  author's  autograph  and  "  Second  issue"  in  his  hand  on 
front  cover.     Scarce. 


Morfts  of  Ubomas  Bailey  Hl^ricb 

15.  THE  STORY  OF  A  BAD  BOY.  Illustrations. 
i2mo,  half  roxburghe,  gilt  top,  other  edges  uncut. 

Boston:  Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.,  1870 

*  Special  Issue  on  Large  Paper  of  the  First  Edition,  of 
which  BUT  six  copies  were  printed.  With  presentation  in- 
scription in  the  author's  autograph  to  B.  H.  Ticknor,  Jan.  i,  1872. 

Only  three  copies  of  this  Large  Paper  issue  are  now  extant,  as  half 
of  the  original  number  (6)  were  destroyed  in  a  fire  at  Boston  in  1S72. 

16.  THE  STORY  OF  A  BAD  BOY.  Illustrated.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:  Fields,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1870 

17.  JUBILEE  DAYS.  An  Illustrated  [by  Hoppin]  Daily 
Record  of  the  Humorous  Features  of  the  World's  Peace 
Jubilee.  16  Nos.  (June  17,  July  4,  1872).  Imp.  8vo,  wrap- 
pers, uncut.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1872 

*  Edited  and  with  original  contributions  by  Aldrich,  Howells  and 
Whipple.     The  original  daily  issues  are  rare. 

18.  The  same.      Original  wrappers,  pp.  68. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1872 

19.  The    same.       Original     half    roan    and    pictorial 

boards.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1872 

20.  THE  PELLET:  A  Record  of  the  Massachusetts 
Homoeopathic  Hospital  Fair  (April  15-27,  1872).  10  Nos. 
(all  issued).      Imp.  8vo,  original  wrappers,  totally  uncut. 

Boston:  Published  by  the  Fair,  1872 

*  Edited  and  with  original  contributions  by  Aldrich  and  others. 

21.  MARJORIE  DAW  and  other  People.      i2mo,  origi 
nal  cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1873 

22.  CAMEOS,  selected  from  the  Works  of  Walter  Savage 
Landor,  by  E.  C.  Stedman  and  T.  B.  Aldrich.  i2mo,  origi- 
nal cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1874 

23.  CLOTH  OF  GOLD  and  other  Poems.  i2mo,  origi- 
nal cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1874 

24.  PRUDENCE  PALFREY;  A  Novel.  Frontispiece. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.    Boston  :  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co. ,1874 

25.  FLOWER  AND  THORN;  Later  Poems.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1877 

26.  MISS  MEHETABEL'S  SON.  Illustrated.  32mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1877 

3 


Ubc  Collection  of  5.  C  Cbamberlain 

27.  A  RIVERMOUTH  ROMANCE.  Illustrated.  32mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:   James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1877 

28.  A  MIDNIGHT  FANTASY,  and  the  Little  Violinist. 
Illustrated.      32mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1877 

29.  THE  QUEEN  OF  SHEBA.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1877 

30.  THE  STORY  OF  A  CAT.  Translated  from  the 
French  of  Emile  de  la  Bedollierre.  With  many  designs  in 
silhouette  by  Hopkins.      8vo,  original  boards. 

Boston:  Houghton,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1879 

31.  THE  STILLWATER  TRAGEDY.  lamo,  original 
cloth.  Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1880 

32.  THE  LITTLE  VIOLINIST.  Vignette  on  front  cover. 
Small  4to,  original  wrappers.  Reprinted  with  the  Author's 
Permission  and  Sold  at  the  Fair  of  the  Mass.  Soc.  for  the 
Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children.  [Cambridge]  1880 

*  First  Edition  in  book  form  reprinted  from  the  "St.  Nicholas" 
Magazine,  1874.  With  Autograph  Letter  Signed  from  the  author 
relating  to  this  particular  work  inserted.  "  The  Little  Violinist 
was  first  printed  in  St.  Nicholas  in  1874.  I  then  let  a  Charity 
Corporation  publish  an  Edition  of  it." 

33.  FRIAR  JEROME'S  BEAUTIFUL  BOOK,  selected 
from  Cloth  of  Gold  and  Flower  and  Thorn.  Vignette  on  title. 
i2mo,  original  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  94. 

Boston:    Houghton,  Millflin  and  Co.,  1881 

34.  XXXVI  LYRICS  AND  XII  SONNETS,  selected 
from  Cloth  of  Gold  and  Flower  and  Thorn.  Vignette  on  title. 
i2mo,  original  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  93. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mififlin  and  Co.,  1881 

35.  POEMS.  Illustrated  by  the  Paint  and  Clay  Club. 
Portrait.      8vo,  original  pictorial  wrappers,  pp.  250. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,   1882 

*  The  Paint  and  Clay  Club  was  founded  in  Boston  in  the  early 
eighties. 

36.  FROM  PONKAPOG  TO  PESTH.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  .    Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1883 

37.  MERCEDES,  and  Later  Poems,  i  amo,  original  cloth, 
uncut.  Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1884 

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38.  MARJORIE  DAW   and  other  Stories.    i2mo,  original 
cloth  and  paper  label,  uncut. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1885 

* "  Our    New  Neighbors    at    Ponkapog "    is    here    first   collected. 

Laid   in   is  a  2   pp.  letter  from  the   author  written  in    1S78   to  Mr. 

Whipple   with    reference    to    the   original   appearance  of    this  story 

["  The  Atlantic  Monthly,"  Jan.,  1879]. 

39.  THE  POEMS  OF  THOMAS  BAILEY  ALDRICH. 

Household    Edition.     Illustrations.     Post  8vo,  original  cloth, 
uncut.  Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1885 

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Flight  of  the  Goddess,"  signed  in  full,  and  the  original  manuscript  of 
"  A  Child's  Grave  "  (verse  of  4  lines)  signed  in  full. 

40.  THE  SECOND  SON.    A  Novel  by  M.  O.  W.  Oliphant 
and  T.  B.  Aldrich.      T2mo,  original  cloth. 

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42.  THE  SISTER'S  TRAGEDY,  with  other  Poems,  Lyr- 
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Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1891 

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46.  JUDITH  AND  HOLOFERNES:    A    Poem.      i2mo, 

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'^  If  you  ivill  address  a  note  to  Houghton,  Mifflin  &'  Co.,  explaining 
your  purpose,  he  will  doubtless  send  you.  .  .a  copy  of  Judith  csf  Holo- 
fernes,' published  last  Saturday." 

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47.  THE  POEMS  OF  THOMAS  BAILEY  ALDRICH. 

Collected    Edition.      Portrait.      2  vols.  i2mo,   original   cloth, 
gilt  tops.  Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1897 

48.  MIRACLES:  Holograph  Manuscript  of  a  Sonnet 
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*  In  the  Collected  Edition  (2  vols.,  Boston,  1S97),  this  poem 
appears  under  the  same  title,  but  with  no  less  than  seven  lines 
altered.     For  example: 

Line  2,  printed  version  reads: 

"  Of  the  wide  heavens  away  from  me  and  mine." 
In  the  manuscript  reads: 

"  Of  the  blue  skies  away  from  me  and  mine." 
Line  14,  printed  version: 

"And  spectral  cities  of  the  sunset  sea," 
reads  in  the  manuscript: 

"  And  great  cloud-continents  of  sunset-seas," 
and  other  similar  alterations. 

49.  WISHMAKERS  TOWN.  By  William  Young.  With 
an  Introductory  Note  by  Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich.  i2mo, 
original  cloth,  uncut.      Boston:  Lamson,  Wolfe  and  Co.,  1898 

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*  Only  200  copies  printed,  with  the  edges  uncut. 

52.  A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  ALDRICH  FIRST 
EDITIONS.  By  E.  D.  North.  (Extracted  from  the  Book- 
buyer,  May,  1901.) 

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If  it  had  not  been  a  gift  from  Lowell's  otun  hand  your  very  generous 
offer  would  have  tempted  me."  A  typewritten  copy  of  an  Aldrich 
letter  inserted  states  this  was  one  of  12  copies  of  the  Biglow  Papers 
privately  printed  for  Lowell,  of  which  10  were  stolen.  Allusion  is 
also  made  to  "  A  Nest  of  Sonnets,"  which  was  privately  printed  for 
Aldrich  in  1856  and  the  edition  entirely  destroyed  by  him. 


53.  ALLSTON   (WASHINGTON).     The  Sylphs  of  the 

Seasons,  with  other  Poems.    i2mo,  unbound,  uncut,  pp.  168. 

Boston:   Cummings  and  Hilliard,   1813 

*  First  A.merican  from  the  London  edition.     Rare.     Unbound. 

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54.  ALLSTON  (WASHINGTON).  Lectures  on  Art, 
and  Poems.  Edited  by  Richard  H.  Dana.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  New  York:   Baker  and  Scribner,  1850 

*  With  early  book  label  of  Oliver  J.  Shaw. 

55.  ANDREWS  (WM.  LORING).  James  Lyne's  Sur- 
vey; or,  as  it  is  more  commonly  known,  The  Bradford  Map. 
A  Plan  of  the  City  of  New  York  at  the  Time  of  the  Granting 
of  the  Montgomery  Charter  in  1731.  Folding  facsimile^  maps. 
Small  8vo,  cloth,  gilt,  uncut. 

New  York:  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.,  1900 

*  One  of  170  copies  on  Holland  paper. 

56.  ANTHONY  (HENRY  B.).  The  Anthony  Memo- 
rial. A  Catalogue  of  the  Harris  Collection  of  American 
Poetry,  with  Biographical  and  Bibliographical  Notes  by 
John  C.  Stockbridge.  Portrait.  Royal  Svo,  in  the  original 
sheets,  uncut  and  unopened. 

Providence:   [Providence  Press  Co.],  1886 

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Morf^6  of  6corGc  Bancroft. 

57.  POEMS.  1 2mo,  original  boards,  rebacked  with  cloth, 
TOTALLY  UNCUT.  Boston  :  University  Press,  1823 

*  The  McKee  copy,  with  bookplate  engraved  by  French. 

58.  PROSPECTUS  OF  A  SCHOOL  to  be  established 
at  Round  Hill,  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  by  Joseph  G. 
Cogswell  and  George  Bancroft.  8vo,  original  printed  covers, 
as  issued,  pp.  20,  uncut  (frunt  cover  slightly  defective  and 
repaired).       [Cambridge,  Mass.:   Hilliard  and  Metcalf,  1823] 

*Very  rare.  Autogpaph  presentation  copy  from  the 
author:  "  Rev.  Dr.  Holmes,  with  the  respects  of  Geo. 
Bancroft." 

A  copy  of  special  interest.  Ihe  "Rev.  Dr.  Holmes  "  was  the 
father  of  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  and  at  that  time  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Cambridge.  The  well-known  work  on  American  history, 
"  Annals  of  America,"  was  written  by  him. 

59.  The  same.      Svo,  sewn,  as  issued,  uncut. 

[Cambridge,  1823] 
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60.  REFLECTIONS  ON  THE  POLITICS  OF 
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nold H.  L.  Heeren.      8vo,  original  boards  and  label,  uncut. 

Boston:   Cummings,  Hilliard  tS:  Co,,  1824 

61.  THE  GRECIAN  WREATH  OF  VICTORY.  i6mo, 

original  boards  and  label,  uncut. 

New  York:  W.  E.  Dean,  1824 

*  Published  to  aid  the  cause  of  Greek  Independence  and  containing 
contributions  by  George  Bancroft  (one  of  his  earliest  published  pro- 
ductions), De  Witt  Clinton,  John  Trumbull  and  others.     Rare. 

62.  AN  ORATION  delivered  on  the  Fourth  of  July, 
1826,  at  Northampton,  Mass.      Small  8vo,  half  roan. 

Northampton:   T.  W.  Shepard,  Printer,  1826 

62,.  HISTORY  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  from  the 
Discovery  of  the  American  Continent  to  the  Present  Time. 
Maps  atid  illustrations.  In  10  vols.  8vo,  original  cloth  (Vols. 
I  and  2,  vv^ith  paper  labels  and  uncut,  a  few  pp.  spotted). 

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*  Genuine  original  editions  of  all  the  volumes.  As  some  of  the 
volumes  were  almost  entirely  re-written,  these  first  issues  are  of 
especial  interest,  and  such  a  set  as  the  above  is  very  difficult  to 
make  up. 

"  The  variations  between  the  first  and  later  editions  are  so  consid- 
erable as  to  make  it  desirable  to  possess  them  both." — Sabin. 

Laid  in  is  a  letter  (July,  1862,  3  pp.  Svo),  to  the  author  from 
Jared  Sparks,  the  historian,  regarding  the  Council  of  War  at  White 
Plains,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  13,  1776. 

64.  ORIGINAL  MANUSCRIPT,  pp.  i-[i4]—"  The  Am- 
erican Revolution,  Chapter  First  " — written  entirely  in  the 
author's  autograph  on  24  pp.  4to,  signed  and  dated  "  N.  Y. 
March  28,  1864." 

*  The  above  forms,  in  substance,  pp.  3-12  of  Chapter  I,  Volume 
IV,  of  "  History  of  the  United  States,"  1852,  differing  widely  from 
the  text  in  its  printed  form,  the  corrections  and  other  changes  evi- 
dently made  after  copy  was  in  proof  form. 

65.  THE  NECESSITY,  THE  REALITY  AND  THE 
PROMISE  OF  THE  PROGRESS  OF  THE  HUMAN 
RACE,  Oration  delivered  before  the  New  York  Historical 
Society,  Nov.  20,  1854,      Svo,  half  roan. 

New  York:  Printed  for  the  Society,  1854 

*  Presentation  copy  from  Robt.  Winthrop  to  Charles  Deane,  with 
inscription. 

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66.  LITERARY  AND  HISTORICAL  MISCEL- 
LANIES.    8vo,  original  cloth,  totally  uncut. 

New  York:   Harper  &  Brothers,  1855 

67.  MR.  BANCROFT'S  LETTER  on  the  Exchange  of 
Prisoners  during  the  American  War  of  Independence.  8vo, 
original  wrappers. 

New  York:   New  York  Historical  Society  [1862] 

68.  HISTORY  OF  THE  FORMATION  OF  THE 
CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF 
AMERICA.      2  vols.  8vo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:   D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  1882 

69.  MEMORIAL  ADDRESS  on  the  Life  and  Character 
of  Abraham  Lincoln.      Portrait.      8vo,  original  cloth. 

Washington:   Government  Printing  Office,  1886 

70.  MARTIN  VAN  BUREN.  To  the  End  of  His  Public 
Career.      Small  8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

New  York:   Harper  &  Brothers,  1889 


71.  BARLOW  (JOEL).  An  Elegy  on  the  late  Titus 
Hosmer,  Esq.  :  one  of  the  Counsellors  of  the  State  of  Con- 
necticut, a  member  of  Congress  and  a  Judge  of  the  Maritime 
Court  of  Appeals  for  the  United  States  of  America.  i2mo,sewn, 
uncut.  Hartford:   Printed  by  Hudson  &  Goodwin  [1780] 

72.  [BARLOW  (JOEL).]  A  Poem  spoken  at  the  Public 
Commencement  of  Yale  College  in  New-Haven,  Sept.  12, 
1781.  Hartford:   Printed  by  Hudson  &  Goodwin  [1781] 

73.  BARLOW  (JOEL).  An  Oration  delivered  at  the 
North  Church  in  Hartford  at  the  Meeting  of  the  Connecti- 
cut Society  of  the  Cincinnati,  July  4th,  1787,  in  commemo- 
ration of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States.  Small 
4to,  sewn.     Hartford:  Printed  by  Hudson  &  Goodwin  [1787] 

74.  BARLOW  (JOEL).  The  Vision  of  Columbus:  A 
Poem  in  Nine  Books.  Small  8vo  (new),  half  morocco. 
Hartford:  Printed  by  Hudson  &  Goodwin,  for  the  author,i787. 

*  With  12  pp.  of  subscribers'  names,  including  Washington  and 
Lafayette.     The  McKee  copy,  with  bookplate. 

75.  BARLOW  (JOEL).  Life  and  Letters  of  Joel 
Barlow  by  C.  B.  Todd,  Best  Edition.  Portrait,  etc.  8vo, 
original  cloth.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  1886 

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76.  THE  LESSON  OF  LIFE  and  Other  Poems.  i2mo, 
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Philadelphia:    Geo.  S.  Appleton,  1848 

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yy.  CALAYNOS.  A  Tragedy.  Square  i2mo,  original 
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78.  THE  PODESTA'S  DAUGHTER  and  Other  Miscel- 
laneous Poems.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Philadelphia:  A.  Hart,  1852 

79.  HYMN  for  the  Eighty-seventh  Anniversary  of  Ameri- 
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*  Rare.  n.  p.    [1863] 

80.  THE  SECOND  LOUISIANA,  May  27th,  1863. 
Broadside  Poem.      i2mo.  n.  p.  [1863] 

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81.  POEMS  OF  THE  WAR.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Ticknor  &  Fields,  1864 

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at  end. 

82.  POEMS  OF  THE  WAR.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Ticknor  &  Fields,  1864 

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83.  HOW  McCLELLAN  TOOK  MANASSAS.  4to, 
original  paper  covers,  uncut.  NewYork:  Privately  Printed,  1864 

■"  One  of  only  so  copies  printed.     Fine  copy.     Very  rare. 

84.  TARDY  GEORGE.      4to,  half  roan,  uncut. 

NewYork:    Privately  Printed,  1S65 

*  A  satirical  poem  aimed  at  General  George  B.  McClellan. 

One  of  60  copies  printed.  With  presentation  inscription  from 
F.  S.  Hoffman  to  Brantz  Mayer.      Rare. 

85.  OUR  HEROIC  THEMES.  A  Poem  read  before 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Harvard  University,  July  20, 
1865.      i6mo  original  printed  wrappers. 

Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1865 

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86.  KONIGSMARK;  The   Legend   of  the  Hounds,  and 
Other  Poems.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Philadelphia:  J.  B.  Lippincott,  1869 
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87.  KONIGSMARK;   The    Legend    of  the   Hounds,   and 
Other  Poems.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Philadelphia:  J.  B.  Lippincott,  1869 


88.  BEECHER  (HENRY  WARD).  Seven  Lectures 
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cloth.  Indianapolis:   T.  B.  Cutler,    1844 

*  Fine  COPY  of  the  author's    first  book.      Rare.     The   McKee 
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89.  BEECHER  (HENRY  WARD).  Eyes  and  Ears. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.  Boston:   Ticknor  &  Fields,  1862 

90.  BRAINARD  (JOHN  G.  C).  Occasional  Pieces  of 
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New  York:   Printed  for  E.  Bliss  and  E.  White,  1825 

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91.  BROOKS  (JAMES  G.  AND  MARY  E.).  The  Ri- 
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and  boards,  uncut,  with  paper  label. 

New  York:  J.  &  J.  Harper,  1829 

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92.  [BROOKS  (MRS.  MARIA  G.).]  Judith,  Esther, 
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uncut,  paper  label.  Boston:  Cummings  and  Hilliard,  1820 

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93.  ARTEMUS  WARD:  His  Book.  With  many  comic 
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94.  ARTEMUS  WARD;  His  Travels.  Comic  illustration 
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New  York:  Carleton,  1865 

95.  BETSEY  JANE  WARD  [Better  Half  to  Artemus]. 
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97.  ARTEMUS  WARD'S  PANORAMA.  (As exhibited 
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T.  W.  Robertson  and  E.  P.  Kingston.  34  illustrations.  12 mo, 
original  cloth.  New  York:   Carleton,  1869 


98.  BRYAN  (DANIEL).  The  Mountain  Muse;  com- 
prising the  Adventures  of  Daniel  Boone,  and  the  Power  of 
Virtuous  and  refined  Beauty.      i2mo,  original  sheep. 

Harrisonburg:   Printed  for  the  Author,  1813 

*  The  Adventures  of  Daniel  Boone,  an  American  epic  poem. 
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also  the  Brinley  copy  with  label.     Fine  copy.     Rare. 

99.  BRYAN  (DANIEL).  The  Appeal  for  Suffering 
Genius:  A  Poetical  Address  for  the  Benefit  of  the  Boston 
Bard,  and  The  Triumph  of  Truth,  a  Poem.  8vo,  original 
boards,  uncut,  and  with  the  label. 

Washington  City:  Printed  for  the  Author,  1826 

*  Fine  copy.  Contains  the  separately  printed  leaf  at  the  front  to 
the  "Boston  Bard."  This  "Appeal"  was  written  on  behalf  of 
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100.  BRYAN  (DANIEL).  The  Lay  of  Gratitude, 
consisting  of  Poems  occasioned  by  the  recent  Visit  of  La- 
fayette to  the  United  States.  8vo,  original  boards,  uncut 
(some  margins  water-stained). 

Philadelphia:   H.  C.  Carey  and  I.  Lea,  1826 

*  The  McKee  copy  with  bookplate,  engraved  by  E.  D.  French. 

loi.  BRYAN  (DANIEL).  Thoughts  on  Education  in 
its  connection  with  Morals;  a  Poem.      8vo,  unbound,  pp.  40. 

Richmond:  T.  W.  White,  1830 

*  The  McKee  copy.  Presentation  copy  from  the  author, 
WITH  inscripton:  "Willis  Gaylord  Clark,  Esq.,  with  the 
highest  respects  of  the  author,"  and  with  a  MS.  correction  by 
him  on  page  g. 


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mov\\B  of  MilUam  CiiHcn  Bi\7ant 

102.  THE  I  EMBARGO;  or,  Sketches  of  the  Times.  A 
Satire.  The  second  edition,  corrected  and  enlarged.  To- 
gether with  the  Spanish  Revolution,  and  other  Poems.  i2mo, 
original  marble  wrappers. 

Boston:   Printed  for  the  Author  by  E.  G.  House,  1809 

*  Autograph    of  W.    Cleveland,  1S09,    on    fly-leaf,    and    "  Cullen 
Bryant  "  pencilled  on  wrapper. 

103.   The  same.      Bound    in  half  morocco,  with  the 

ORIGINAL  MARBLE   WRAPPERS  BOUND   IN. 

Boston:  For  the  Author  by  E.  G.   House,  1809 

104.  POEMS.  [Including  "Thanatopsis,"  "Green  River," 
"  To  a  Waterfowl  "  and  others.]  [2mo,  original  boards,  un- 
cut (front  cover  somewhat  ink-stained,  but  text  fine  and 
clean).  Cambridge:   Hilliard  &  Metcalf,  182 1 

*  The  author's  first  volume  of  collected  poems.     Very  Rare. 

105.  THE  LITERARY  SOUVENIR.  Edited  by  Alaric 
A.  Watts  [poems  by  Bryant  and  Whittier],  Frontispiece  (all 
other  plates  lacking).  i8mo,  old  calf  (broken,  i  signature 
misplaced).  London:   1831 

*  With  "  Song  by  Bryant,"  and  "  The  Indian   Girl's  Lament,"  by 
Whittier,  a  poem  hitherto  unnoticed. 

106.  THE  WHITE  FOOTED  DEER.  [As  first  pub- 
lished in  the  Columbian  Lady's  and  Gentleman's  Magazine.] 
Clipping  from  The  New  World,  Dec.  30,  1843;  facsimile  of 
cover  of  separate  edition  and  Mr.  Chamberlain's  notes. 

107.  A  DISCOURSE  ON  THE  LIFE,  CHARACTER 
AND  GENIUS  OF  WASHINGTON  IRVING,  delivered 
before  the  New  York  Historical  Society,  3d  of  April,  i860. 
Photo  portraits^  views ^  etc.,  inserted.  Post  8vo,  cloth,  gilt 
edges.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  i860 

*  The  Arnold  copy,  with  book  label. 

108.  THIRTY  POEMS.  i6mo,  original  cloth,  uncut 
(lacks  end  paper).        New  York:  D.  Appleton  and  Co.,  1864 

13 


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109.  HYMNS.  (Privately  printed.)  i2mo,  original  sal- 
m (?u -colored  cloth,  gili.  [New  York:   1864] 

*  Presentation  copy  to  John  A.  C.  Gray,  with  inscription  in  the 
author's  autograph  dated  April,  1865. 

The  rare  first  issue,  of  which  but  very  few  copies  were  struclc  off 
for  distribution  among  friends.  With  the  second  line  of  the  fourth 
stanza  on  page  9,  reading:  "  Dwells  on  Thy  works  in  deep  delight." 

110.  The  same. 

*  The  Arnold  copy  of  the  first  issue,  of  which  but  very  few 
copies  were  privately  printed.  Dated  on  title  in  author's  auto- 
graph. 

111.  THE  BRYANT  HOMESTEAD-BOOK,  by  the  Idle 
Scholar  [Julian  Hatfield].  Illustrated.  8vo,  original  cloth, 
gilt  edges.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam  and  Son,  1870 

112.  A  DISCOURSE  on  the  Life,  Character  and  Writ- 
ings of  G.  C.  Verplanck.  8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut, 
pp.  60.  New  York:  N.  H.  Hist.  Scty.,  1870 

113.  THANATOPSIS.  (A  Poem.)  Facsimile  of  Au- 
thor's Copy.   4to,  original  wrappers,  uncut.     New  York,  1874 

114.  THE    LIFE,    CHARACTER,    AND    WRITINGS 

OF  WILLIAM  CULLEN  BRYANT.     By  Geo.  W.  Curtis. 

8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  64. 

New  York:  Charles  Scribner's  Sons  [1879] 
*  First  issue. 


115.  BUTLER  (WILLIAM  ALLEN).  Barnum's  Par- 
nassus; being  Confidential  Disclosures  of  the  Prize  Commit- 
tee on  the  Jenny  Lind  Song.  lamo,  original  wrappers,  pp. 
52  (front  wrapper  torn).     New  York  :  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  1850 

116.  BUTLER  (WILLIAM  ALLEN).  Nothing  to 
Wear.  An  Episode  of  City  Life.  Illustrated  by  Hoppin. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.  New  York:   Rudd  &  Carleton,  1857 

117.  BUTLER  (WILLIAM  ALLEN).  Two  Millions. 
i2mo,  original  glazed  boards. 

New  York:  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,    1858 

*  Autograph  of  Laura  H.  Roosevelt. 

118.  BUTLER  (WILLIAM  ALLEN).  Evert  Augus- 
tus Duyckinck  :  A  Memorial  Sketch.  Portrait.  8vo,  origi- 
nal wrappers,  pp.  16.      New  York:  Trow's  Printing  Co.,  1879 

*  McKeecopy,  with  MS.  notes. 

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119.  CHANNING  (WILLIAM  ELLERY).  A  Sermon 
preached  in  Boston,  Apl.  5,  1810,  the  Day  of  the  Publick  Fast. 
Boston:  Samuel  Avery,  18 10. — A  Sermon  delivered  at  the 
ordination  of  the  Rev.  Jared  Sparks  to  the  Pastoral  care  of 
the  First  Independent  Church  in  Baltimore,  May  5,  1819. 
Boston:  Reprinted  by  Hews  &  Goss,  1819,  and  other  pam- 
phlets, some  by  the  same  author,  in  one  vol.,  8vo,  half  bound. 
Collected  by  H.  T.  Tuckerman. 

120.  CHANNING  (WILLIAM  ELLERY).  Slavery. 
i6mo,  original  cloth  and  label.  Boston,  1835 

121.  CHANNING  (WILLIAM  ELLERY).  Poems. 
i2mo,  original  boards  and  label  (joints  rubbed). 

Scarce.  Boston:   C.  C.  Little  &  J.  Brown,    1843 

122.  [CHILD  (FRANCIS  J.).]  The  Child  of  Bris- 
TOWE.  A  Legend  of  the  Fourteenth  Century.  lamo,  origi- 
nal wrappers.  Cambridge:  John  Wilson  &Son,  1886 

*  One  of  only  a  few  copies  privately  printed,  by  the  author. 

123.  CLARKE  [M'DONALD— The  Mad  Poet].  The 
Elixir  OF  Moonshine,  being  a  Collection  of  Prose  and  Poe- 
try, by  the  Mad  Poet,  a  great  proportion  of  which  has  never 
before  been  published.  Portrait.  i6mo,  rebound  in  half 
roan,  uncut.  Gotham:  Printed  at  the  Sentimental  Epicure's 
Ordinary,  5822.      [New  York,  1822.] 

*  Early  work  of  "  The  Mad  Poet."     Very  scarce. 

124.  CLARKE  (M'DONALD).  Poems.  Portrait.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  New  York:  J.  W.  Bell,  1836 

*  Bright  copy.     Scarce. 

125.  CLEMENS  (S.  L.— Mark  Twain).  The  Cele- 
brated Jumping  Frog  of  Calaveras  County,  and  other 
Sketches.    i2mo,  original  cloth.   New  York:  C.  H.  Webb,  1867 

The  Author's  first  book.     Scarce. 

126.  CLEMENS  (S.  L.).  Mark  Twain's  Autobio- 
graphy and  First  Romance.  Illustrated.  12 mo,  original 
wrappers,  pp.   46.  New  York:  Sheldon  &  Co.  [187 1] 

127.  The  same.      Original  cloth. 

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128.  COFFIN  (ROBERT  S  >.  The  Printer,  and  sev- 
eral other    Poems.      i2mo,    original   printed  boards,  uncut. 

Boston:   Farnham  &  Badger,  1817 
■••  The   first  book  by  "  The   Boston   Bard."      The   McKee 
copy,  with  bookplate  engraved  by  French.     Privately  printed. 

129.  COFFIN  (ROBERT  S.).  The  "  Boston  Bard  " 
to  the  citizens  of  Boston.  8vo,  half  morocco,  uncut, 
pp.    15.  Boston  :  John  Putnam,  for  the  author,  1826 

*  The   McKee  copy,  with  bookplate  engraved   by  E.  D.   French, 
During  the  War  of   1812,  the  poet  was  captured  by  the  British. 

130.  COLMAN  (BENJAMIN).  A  Poem  on  Elijah's 
Translation,  occasioned  by  the  Death  of  the  Reverend  and 
Learned  Mr.  Samuel  Willard,  Late  Pastor  to  a  Church  of 
Christ  in  Boston.  By  Mr.  Colman.  i2mo,  full  black  crushed 
levant  gilt,  inside  borders,  gilt  top,  by  Bradstreets. 

Boston:   Printed  for  Benjamin  Eliot,  1707 

*  Rare.      McKee  copy,  with   bookplate   by  French.     Two  signa- 
tures of  original  owner,  Leudia  [Lydia  ?J  Chapin,  May  16,  1708. 

131.  COLMAN  (BENJAMIN).  A  Sermon  at  the  Lec- 
ture in  Boston  after  the  Funerals  of  those  Excellent  and 
Learned  Divines  and  Eminent  Fellows  of  Harvard  College, 
the  Rev.  Mr,  William  Brattle,  Pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ 
in  Cambridge,  who  deceased  Feb.  15,  17  16,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Ebenezer  Pemberton,  Pastor  of  a  Church  of  Christ  in  Boston, 
who  deceased  the  13  of  the  Said  Month.  i6mo,  original  calf 
over  oaken  boards.  Printed  by  B.  Green  for  Samuel  Ger- 
rish  and  Daniel  Henchman,  1717. 

132.  COLMAN  (BENJAMIN).  The  Blessing  of  Zelu- 
LAN   AND  Issachar:  A  Sermon.      i2mo,  paper,  uncut, 

Boston:   Printed  by  B,  Green,  1719 

*  Fine  copy.     Rare  uncut.     With  the  half  title. 


Morhs  of  3ainc6  Jfcnimorc  Cooper, 

133.  PRECAUTION.    A  Novel,    In  Two  Volumes,    (Vol, 
2  only.)      i2mo,  half  calf  (somewhat  rubbed). 

New  York:   Published  by  A,  T.  Goodrich  &  Co.,  1820 

134.  THE  PIONEERS;  or.  Sources  of  the  Susquehanna. 
A  Descriptive  Tale.      2  vols.   i2mo,  old  half  calf. 

New  York:   Published  by  Charles  Wiley,  1823 
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Xlllorl^s  ot  James  jfenimore  Gooper 

135.  LIONEL  LINCOLN;  or,  The  Leaguer  of  Boston, 
2  vols.  i2mo,  original  boards  and  labels,  uncut. 

New  York:   Published  by  Charles  Wiley,  1825-24 

136.  THE  LAST  OF  THE  MOHICANS;  A  Narrative 
of  1757.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth  (one  label  rubbed,  the 
other  missing).      Philadelphia:   H.  C.  Carey  and  I.  Lea,  1826 

*  Small  piece  cut  from  3  pp.  at  end.     Scarce. 

137.  NOTIONS  OF  THE  AMERICANS  PICKED 
UP  BY  A  TRAVELLING  BACHELOR.  2  vols.  i2rao, 
original  half  cloth  and  boards,  with  labels  uncut. 

Philadelphia:  Carey,  Lea  &  Carey,  1828 

138.  WEPT  OF  WISH-TON-WISH:  A  Tale.  2  vols. 
i2mo,  original  boards  and  label,  uncut. 

Philadelphia:  Carey,  Lea  &  Carey,  1829 

139.  THE  BRAVO.  A  Tale.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original 
boards  and  labels,  uncut.      Philadelphia:  Carey  &  Lea,  1831 

*  Fine  copy.     With  34  pp.  of  advertisements  in  Vol.  I. 

140.  THE  HEIDENMAUER;  or.  The  Benedictines.  A 
Legend  of  the  Rhine.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  boards  and 
labels,  uncut.  Philadelphia:  Carey  &:  Lea,  1832 

*  Fine  copy. 

141.  THE  HEADSMAN;  OR  THE  ABBAYE  DES 
VIGNERONS.  A  Tale.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  boards  and 
labels,  uncut  (joints  cracking),  pp.  130-131  torn. 

Philadelphia:   Carey,  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1833 

*  With  advertisement  at  end  of  each  volume. 

142.  A  LETTER  TO  HIS  COUNTRYMEN.  ByJ.  Fen- 
imore-Cooper  (sic).     8vo,  original  half  cloth  and  boards. 

New  York:  John  Wiley,  1834 

143.  THE  MONIKINS.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  half  cloth 
and  boards,  with  labels,  uncut. 

Philadelphia:   Carey,  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1835 

*  Fine  copy,     With  advertisements  at  end  of  both  volumes. 

144.  SKETCHES  OF  SWITZERLAND.  By  An  Amer- 
ican.    (First  Series.)     2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth  and  labels. 

Philadelphia:   Carey,  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1836 

*  Fine  copy. 

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145.  GLEANINGS  IN  EUROPE.  England.  By  An 
American.      2  vols.  lamo,  original  cloth  and  labels. 

Philadelphia:   Carey,  Lea  «!v:  Blanchard,  1837 

146.  THE  AMERICAN  DEMOCRAT,  or,  Hints  on  the 
Social  and  Civic  Relations  of  the  United  States  of  America. 
i6mo,  original  cloth  and  label. 

Cooperstown :   H.  «S«:  E.  Phinney,  1838 

*  On  American  Slavery,  The  American  Press,  Slavery  in  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  etc.     Rare.     Lacking  in  many  notable  collections. 

147.  HOMEWARD  BOUND  ;  or,  The  Chase.  A  Tale  of 
the  Sea.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth  and  labels  (backs  a 
little  soiled).        Philadelphia:  Carey,  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1838 

148.  HOME  AS  FOUND.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth 
and  labels.  Philadelphia:  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1838 

*  Fine  copy. 

149.  MERCEDES  OF  CASTILE;  OR  THE  VOYAGE 
TO  CATHAY.      2  vols.   T2mo,  original  cloth  and  label. 

Philadelphia:   Lea  &  Blanchard,  1840 

150.  THE  PATHFINDER;  OR  THE  INLAND  SEA. 

2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth  (labels  in  MS.). 

Philadelphia:  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1840 

*  No  copyright  entry  in  Volume  I. 

151.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED,  i  page,  4to, 
Otsego  Hall,  Cooperstown,  Jan.  2,  1841.  To  Mr.  Roberts, 
Editor  of  the  Boston  Notion.  With  leaf  of  superscription. 
The  original  signature  cut  off  and  replaced  by  another. 

*  Important  Bibliographical  letter,  in  which  Cooper  states  that  he 
published  two  sketches,  "Heart"  and  "Imagination,"  under  the 
title,  "  Tales  for  Fifteen,"  by  "Jane  Morgan,"'  not  included  in  his 
works  and  not  generally  known  to  be  his. 

"  Some  fiftee^i  or  twenty  years  since  my  publisher  became  em- 
bar  asscd  and  I  wrote  tivo  short  tales  to  aid  him.  He  printed  thefn 
under  the  title  of  ^  Tales  for  Fifteen,  by  ^  Jane  Morgan.^  One  of 
these  stories,  rather  a  feeble  one  I  fear,  was  called  '  Heart,'  the  other 
'Imagination.'  This  tale  was  written  one  rainy  day,  half  asleep  and 
half  awake,  but  I  retain  rather  a  favorable  impression  of  it.  If  you 
can  find  a  copy  of  the  book,  you  might  think  '  Imagination  '  worth 
reprinting."  Also  mentions  Longfellow,  and  indulges  in  some  severe 
strictures  on  John  Murray,  the  English  publisher,  of  whom  he  says, 
"  Mr.  Murray  is  a  great  man  only  aviong  very  little  men." 

The  letter  has  the  address  and  post-mark. 
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152.  THE  DEERSLAYER;  OR  THE  FIRST  WAR- 
PATH.    A  Tale.      2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth  and  labels. 

Philadelphia:   Lea  &  Blanchard,  1841 

153.  THE  TWO  ADMIRALS.  A  Tale.  2  vols.  i2mo, 
original  cloth  and  labels.    Philadelphia :  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1842 

154.  WING    AND    WING,    OR    LE    FEU-FOLLET. 

2  vols.  Svo,  original  wrappers,  lower  edges  uncut. 

Philadelphia:   Lea  &  Blanchard,  1842 

155.  BATTLE  OF  LAKE  ERIE,  OR  ANSWERS  TO 
MESSRS.  BURGES,  DUER  AND   MACKENZIE.  i2mo, 

wrappers,  pp.   117.  Cooperstown  :   H.  &  E.  Phinney,  1843 

156.  AFLOAT  AND  ASHORE;  OR  THE  ADVEN- 
TURES OF  MILES  WALLINGFORD.  2  vols.  i2mo,  ori- 
ginal paper  covers  (name  erased  from  front  covers  and  back 
wrapper  of  Vol.  2  missing). 

Philadelphia:   Published  for  the  Author,  1844 

157.  PROCEEDINGS  of  the  Naval  Court-Martial  in  the 
Case  of  Alexander  Slidell  Mackenzie,  a  Commander  in  the 
Navy  of  the  United  States,  etc.,  including  the  charges  and 
specifications  of  charges  preferred  against  him  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Navy.  To  which  is  annexed  an  Elaborate  Review. 
Svo,  original  cloth.  New  York:   H,  G,  Langley,  1844 

158.  SATANSTOE;  OR  THE  LITTLEPAGE  MANU- 
SCRIPTS; a  Tale  of  the  Colonies.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original 
wrappers  (lacks  a  leaf  and  2  wrappers). 

New  York:   Burgess,  Stringer  and  Co.,  1845 

159.  THE  REDSKINS;  OR  INDIAN  AND  INGIN: 
being  the  Conclusion  of  the  Littlepage  Manuscripts,  etc. 
2  vols.  i2mo,  original  paper  covers. 

New  York:   Burgess,  Stringer  &:  Co.,  1846 

160.  THE  CRATER;  OR  VULCAN'S  PEAK.    A  Tale 

of  the  Pacific,  etc.      2   vols,  izmo,  original  paper  covers. 

New  York:   Burgess,  Stringer  &  Co.,  1847 
*  Fine  copy. 

161.  THE  OAK  OPENINGS;  OR  THE  BEE  HUNTER. 

2    vols.   i2mo,    original   printed    wrappers    (first    few    pages 
slightly  stained).     New  York:   Burgess,  Stringer  &  Co.,  1848 

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162.  THE  SEA  LIONS;  OR  THE  LOST  SEALERS. 

2  vols.  i2mo,  original  i:)rinted  wrappers  (backs  very  slightly 
defective).  New  York:   Stringer  &  Townsend,  1849 

163.  The  same.      Original  wrappers  [name  on  same]. 

164.  OLD  IRONSIDES.  (Its  original  appearance  ex- 
tracted from  Putnam's  Monthly  for  May,  1853.)     8vo,  sewn. 

[New  York,  1853] 

*  Note  of  Mr.  Chamberlain  says,  "  See  Holmes  Broadside,  fSjj." 

165.  PAGES  AND  PICTURES,  from  the  Writings  of 
James  Fenimore  Cooper.  With  Notes  by  Susan  F.  Cooper. 
Numerous  beautiful  illustrations  on  steel  and  wood  by  F.  O.  C. 
Darley  and  others.      Thick  royal  8vo,  full  morocco,  gilt  edges. 

New  York:  W,  A.  Townsend  and  Co.,   i86r 

*  Choice  copy  of  the  Original  Issue, 


166.  [COXE  (ARTHUR  CLEVELAND).]  St.  Jona- 
than, the  Lay  of  a  Scald,  2  Nos.  i2mo,  wrappers,  uncut. 
Fine  copy.  New  York:  Thomas  J,  Crowen,  and  Wiley  and 
Putnam,  1838, 

167.  [COZZENS  (FREDERICK  S.).]  Prismatics,  by 
Richard  Haywarde.     Illustrated.      lamo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  D.  Appleton  and  Co.,  1853 

*  Fine  copy  of  the  author's  first  book.     Scarce.     Illustrated 
with  designs  after  Darley,  Kensett,  and  others. 

168.  COZZENS  (FREDERICK  S,).  Thk  Sparrowgrass 
Papers;  or  Living  in  the  Country.  2  illustrations.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  New  York:  Derby  and  Jackson,  1856 

169.  COZZENS  (FREDERICK  S.).  The  Sayings  of 
Dr.  Bushwhacker,  and  other  Learned  Men.  i2mo,  origi- 
nal cloth.  New  York:  A.  Simpson  and  Co.,  1867 

170.  CRANCH  (CHRISTOPHER  P.).  Poems.  i2mo, 
original  boards.  Philadelphia:   Carey  and  Hart,  1844 

*  The   McKee  copy,  with   bookplate   engraved   by  E.   D.    French. 
Dedicated  to  Emerson. 

171.  CRANCH  (CHRISTOPHER  P.).  The  Bird  and 
THE  Bell,  witli  other  Poems.      i2mo,  original  cloth, 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co,,  1875 

172.  CRANCH  (CHRISTOPHER  P.).  Ariel  and  Cali- 
ban, with  other  Poems,      izmo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1887 

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Mork6  of  (3C0VQC  M.  Curtis, 

173.  NILE  NOTES  OF  A  HOWADJI.  Engraved  title  and 
-vignette.      12 mo,  original  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  320, 

New  York:  Harper  and  Bros.,  185 1 

*  The  author's  first  isook.  Scarce  in  wrappers.  With  the 
advertisements,  pp.  16. 

174.  The  same.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  Harper  and  Bros.,  1851 

*  Presentation  copy  from  the  author,  with  inscription: 
"  Frederic  Rakeman,  from  his  Aff,  G.  IV.  C,  May  8th,  i8ji."  Fine 
copy. 

175.  The  same.      i2mo,  original  cloth.      Fine   copy, 

with  early  book-label  of  Jas.  C.  Bullen. 

New  York:  Harper  and  Bros.,  1851 

176.  LOTUS-EATING:  A  SUMMER  BOOK.  Ilius- 
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189.  AN  ADDRESS  AT  THE  UNVEILING  OF  THE 
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255.  THE  DISCOVERY  OF  AMERICA,  with  some  Ac- 
count of  Ancient  America  and  the  Spanish  Conquest.  J'or- 
trait  on  India  paper  and  fnaps.  4  vols,  royal  8vo,  original  half 
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Cambridge:  Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press,  1892 

*  The  very  scarce  Large  Paper  edition,  limited  to  250 
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256.  CIVIL  GOVERNMENT  IN  THE  UNITED 
STATES  considered  with  some  References  to  its  Origin. 
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257.  EDWARD  LIVINGSTONE  YOUMANS,  Interpre- 
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New  York:   D.  Appleton  and  Co.,  1894 

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259.  OLD    VIRGINIA    AND    HER    NEIGHBOURS. 

lUustrations — some  on.  India  paper.      2  vols,  royal  8vo,  original 

half  holland  and   boards,  uncut,  and  with   the   paper  labels. 

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EACH    numbered,   THIS  BEING  No.    I3S. 


Morks  of  pbilip  Jfrcneaiu 

260.  POEMS  written  between  the  Years  1768  and  1794. 
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never  before  published.  8vo,  old  half  sheep,  leather  label. 
Monmouth  [N.  J.]:  Printed  at  the  Press  of  the  Author,  1795 

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261.  POEMS  Written  and  Published  during  the  American 
Revolutionary  War  and  nov;^  Republished  from  the  Original 
Manuscripts;  interspersed  with  .  .  .  other  Pieces  not  hereto- 
fore in  Print.  Frontispieces  engraved  by  John  Eckstein;  view  of 
Paul  Jones'  Victory  over  the  Serapis  and  portrait  of  an  Indian 
chief.      In  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  sheep,  leather  labels. 

Philadelphia:  Lydia  R.  Bailey,  1809 

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mer collected  editions  and  some  pieces  now  first  published.     In  a 

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letter  to  Thos.  Jefferson  about  this  time  the  author  says  in  regard  to 
these  volumes:  "  T/iis  is  the  first  edition  that  I  have  in  reality  at- 
tended to,  the  other  two  having  been  published  .  ,  .  while  I  was 
wandering  over  gloomy  seas,"  etc. 

The  Brinley-McKee  copy  with   the   latter's  bookplate  in  each  vol- 
ume.    Fine  coi'Y. 

262.  A  COLLECTION  OF  POEMS  on  American  Affairs, 
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i6mo,  original  sheep,  leather  labels. 

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*  Volume  II  contains  a  number  of  Pieces,  now    first  collected,  re- 
lating to  events  in  the  War  of   1S12. 

263.  POEMS  relating  to  the  American  Revolution.  With 
an  Introductory  Memoir  and  Notes  by  Evert  A.  Duyckinck. 
Proof  portrait  of  Frcneau  on  India  paper.  Imp.  8vo,  original 
cloth  and  paper  label,  uncut.    New  York:  W.  J.Widdleton,  1865 

*  Large  Paper  copy.  Only  100  copies  printed,  this  being  No.  15. 

264.  SOME   ACCOUNT   OF   THE   CAPTURE   of  the 

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boards,  uncut.  New  York:  Mansfield  and  Wessels  [1899] 

265.  A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  of  the  Separate  and  Collected 
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Newspapers.  By  V.  H.  Paltsits.  Facsimiles.  i2mo,  paper 
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266.  GRISWOLD  (R.  W.).  READiNGsin  American  Poetry. 
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cloth.  Cambridge,  Mass.:  W.  M.  Griswold,  1898 

268.  HALE  (E,  E.).  Harvard  University  Valedictory, 
1839,  Poem  by  E.  E.  Hale;  Ode  by  N.  H.  Morison.  4to, 
within  ornamental  border  (margin  torn).      [Cambridge,  1839] 

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[See  also  No.  207  Drake.] 

269.  FANNY.  8vo,  original  printed  wrappers,  uncut, 
pp.  49-  New  York:  C.  Wiley  and   Co.,  1819 

*  Fine  copy  in  exceptional  state,  of  Halleck's  first  book. 

270.  FANNY.  Second  Edition  (revised  and  with  addi- 
tions).     8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  67. 

New  York:  Wiley  and  Halstead,  182 1 

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tributed to  Isaac  Starr  Clason,  author  of  "  Horace  in  New  York." 

271.  MARCO  BOZZARIS.  From  the  New  York  Review 
and  Athenaeum  Magazine.      Small  8vo,  sewn,  pp.  3. 

[New  York,  1825] 

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nal wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  64. 

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New  York:   Harper  t\:  Bros.,  1845 

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279.  FITZ-GREENE  HALLECK.  By  Evert  A.  Duy- 
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drews, 1868. 

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of  Halleck  laid  in. 

280.  THE  POETICAL  WRITINGS  OF  FITZ-GREENE 
HALLECK,  with  Extracts  from  those  of  Joseph  Rodman 
Drake.  Edited  by  James  Grant  Wilson.  Portrait  and  illus- 
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281.  THE  LIFE  AND  LETTERS  OF  FITZ-GREENE 
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*  Large  Paper  copy,  No.  7  of  loo  copies  printed.  Laid  in  is  a 
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original  Programme  of  the  Inauguration  of  the  Halleck  Statue,  1S77. 

283.  A  MEMORIAL  OF  FITZ-GREENE  HALLECK. 

[Edited  by  James  Grant  Wilson.]     Illustrated.      8vo,  original 
cloth.  New  York:   Amerman  and  Wilson,  1877 

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Halleck. 


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284.  FOURTEENTH  ANNIVERSARY  of  the  Society 
of  California  Pioneers.  Oration  by  Rev.  H.  W.  Bellows. 
Poem  by  Frank  Bret  Harte,  Esq.  Vignette  title.  8vo,  orig- 
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nia Book  and  Job  Office,  1864. 

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289.  THE  HEATHEN  CHINEE.  [Plain  Language  from 
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Chicago:  The  Western  News  Co.  [1870] 

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290.  THE  HEATHEN  CHINEE.  With  illustrations  by 
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stroyed all  that  remained  unsold  and  all  that  he  could  recover. 

304.  THE  AMERICAN  MAGAZINE  of  Useful  and  En- 
tertaining Knowledge.  Embellished  with  numerous  engravings. 
(Vol.  II  for  1835  only.)  Royal  8vo,  half  bound  (broken  and 
a  few  pp.  loose).  Boston  [1835] 

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and  520.] 

305.  PETER    PARLEY'S    UNIVERSAL    HISTORY. 

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compiled  by  Hawthorne  and  his  sister  Elizabeth  (see  Bridge's  Life 
of  Hawthorne,  p.  77). 

306.  The  same.      2   vols,  square  i6mo,  cloth  (binding 

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308.  THE  BOSTON  BOOK:  being  Specimens  of  Metro- 
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title.    1 2mo,  original  cloth  (slight  stamp  on  title).    Boston,  1841 

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310.  THE  BOSTON  MISCELLANY  OF  LITER- 
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royal  8vo,  half  roan.      Boston:  Bradbury,  Soden  &  Co.,  1842 

*  Contains  original  contributions  by  Lowell  [who  also  wrote  the 
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311.  A  VISIT  TO  THE  CELESTIAL  CITY.  4lithogra- 
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312.  THE  LIFE  OF  FRANKLIN  PIERCE.  Portrait  of 
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but  in  the  period  of  Hawthorne's  great  fame,  soon  after  the  publica- 
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bracketed  note  on  page  4,  signed  Printer's  Devil,  which  practically 
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of  this  address,  but  '  Time's  Portraiture ' — was  not  reprinted  by  its 
author  and  is  not  found  in  any  edition  of  his  writings." 

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SECOND  COPY  TO  BE  OFFERED  FOR  SALE  BY  AUCTION,  AS  NONE  OF 
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315.  THE  WEAL-REAF:  A  Record  of  the  Essex  Insti- 
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316.  OUR  OLD  HOME:  A  Series  of  English  Sketches. 
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317.  PASSAGES  FROM  THE  AMERICAN  NOTE- 
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318.  THE  ANNUAL  ADDRESS  OF  THE  CARRIER 

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Jan.  I,  1892.      Leaflet,  as  issued,  pp.  8. 

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319.  THE  BOWDOIN  QUILL.  Hawthorne  Centennial, 
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(2  copies.)  [Portland,  Me.]:  Lefavor-Tower  Co.,  1904 

320.  FIRST  EDITIONS  OF  THE  WORKS  OF 
NATHANIEL  HAWTHORNE,  together  with  some  Manu- 
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327.  HAYNE  (PAUL  H.).  Avolio.  A  Legend  of  the 
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329.  HAYNE  (PAUL  H.).  Autograph  Song:  "Song. 
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330.  [HILL  (F.  S.).]  The  Harvest  Festival,  with 
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New  York:   Cliarles  Scribner,  1863 
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333.  HOLLAND  (JOSIAH  G.).    The  Marble  Prophecy 
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New  York:  Scribner,  Armstrong  and  Co.,  1872 

334.  HOLLAND  (JOSIAH  G.).    The   Mistress  of  the 
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*  By  O.  W.  Holmes,  Epes  Sargent,  and  Park  Benjamin.  Seven- 
teen of  the  Poems  in  this  volume  were  written  by  Holmes.  Laid  in 
are  short  letters  from  Holmes  and  Benjamin,  both  relating  to  auto- 
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336.  POEMS.     Post  8vo,  original  cloth,  with  paper  label. 

Boston,  1836 

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verse  to  contain  his  name,  and  here  collected  are  poems  that  ap- 
peared in   "  The  Harbinger,"   "  The  Collegian,"  and  other  sources. 

This  volume  of  Poems  "militated  seriously  against  this  respect- 
able and  abstemious  physician,"  Holmes  having  a  short  time  before 
its  publication  joined  the  Mass.  Medical  Society. 

2,Z7'  HOMCEOPATHY  and  its  Kindred  Delusions;  Two 
Lectures.  i2mo,  original  boards  and  label  (some  pages 
spotted).  Boston:   William  D,  Ticknor,  1842 

338.  URANIA:  A  Rhymed  Lesson.  8vo,  original  wrap- 
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339.  ASTRiEA:  The  Balance  of  Illusions;  a  Poem  before 
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340.  RESPONSE  OF  OLIVER  WENDELL  HOLMES, 
M.D.,  to  the  following  Toast,  proposed  at  the  Entertainment 
given  to  the  American  Medical  Association,  by  the  Physicians 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  at  Metropolitan  Hall,  on  the  5th  of 
May,  1853.  Original  broadside  poem  of  12  stanzas  of  8 
LINES  EACH.      Printed  within  ornamental  border.      Folio. 

New  York:   Baker,  Godwin  and  Co.  [1853] 

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FooTE,  or  any  well-known  collections.  The  Toast  was : 
"  The  Union  of  Science  and  Literature, — a  happy  marriage,  the 
fruits  of  which  are  nowhere  seen  to  better  advantage  than  in  our 
American  Hohnes." 

341.  THE  PROFESSOR  AT  THE  BREAKFAST- 
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copy).  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  i860 

342.  ELSIE  VENNER:  A  Romance  of  Destiny.  2  vols. 
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Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1861 

343.  THE    ADDRESS    OF    MR.    EVERETT,  and  the 

Poem  by  Dr.  O.  W.  Holmes,  at  the  Dinner  given  to  H.  I.  H. 
Monseigneur  the  Prince  Napoleon,  Sept.  25th,  1861.  8vo, 
original  printed  boards,  uncut. 

Cambridge:   Privately  printed,  1861 

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344.  CURRENTS  AND  COUNTER-CURRENTS  in 

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original  cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1861 

345.  WAR-SONGS  FOR  FREEMEN,  dedicated  to  the 
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30.  Boston,  1862 

*  Contains  at  page  32  "  The  Trumpet's  Song,"  not  collected  in  any 
edition  of  Holmes'  works. 

346.  BORDER  LINES  OF  KNOWLEDGE  in  some 
Provinces  of  Medical  Science,      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston,  1862 

347.  The  same.      r2mo,   original   cloth   [name  erased 

from  title]. 

348.  SONGS  IN  MANY  KEYS.  i2mo,  original  cloth, 
gilt  top.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1862 

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349.  ORATION  delivered  before  the  City  Authorities  of 
Boston  on  the  Fourth  of  July,  1863.  8vo,  original  wrappers, 
pp.  60.  Boston,  1863 

*  "  Mr.  Wilmot  Johnson,  with  regards  of  W.  B.  Rice,"  on  front 
wrapper.  The  first  8vo  issue  having  MS.  corrections  showing  the 
differences  between  this  and  the  rare  4to  edition  of  which  only  12 
copies  were  printed. 

350.  SOUNDINGS  FROM  THE  ATLANTIC.  i2mo, 
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Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1864 

351.  THE  GUARDIAN  ANGEL.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Ticknor  and  Fields,  1867 

352.  THE    POET    AT    THE    BREAKFAST-TABLE. 

Frontispiece.      lamo,  original  cloth. 

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353.  CENTENNIAL  of  the  Boston  Pier,  or  the  Long 
Wharf  Commission,  1874  (with  the  Address  and  Poem  by 
Holmes).      Svo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  38. 

Cambridge:  John  Wilson  &  Son,  1873 

354.  SONGS  OF  MANY  SEASONS,  1862-74.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1875 

355.  BUNKER  HILL  MEMORIAL,  with  poem  "Grand- 
mother's Story  of  Bunker  Hill."  Illustrated.  4to,  original 
wrappers.  [Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood,  1875] 

356.  THE  IRON  GATE,  and  other  Poems.  Portrait. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.  Boston  :  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1880 

357.  RALPH  WALDO  EMERSON.  Portrait  of,  Emer- 
son.     i2mo,  original  cloth.      (American  Men  of  Letters.) 

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358.  OUR  HUNDRED  DAYS  IN  EUROPE.  i2mo, 
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359.  BEFORE  THE  CURFEW,  and  other  Poems,  chiefly 
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360.  HOPKINS  (SAMUEL).     A  Sermon  preached  at  the 
South  Church  in  Boston,      8vo,  unbound,  uncut,  pp.  35. 

Boston,  N.  E. :   Kneeland  and  Adams,  1768 

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361.  HOWE  (JULIA  WARD).  Passionflowers,  izmo, 
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Milliam  Bean  Ibowelle, 

362.  POEMS  OF  TWO  FRIENDS.  i2mo,original cloth, 
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relating  to  the  publishers  of  the  book  and  its  scarcity. 

363.  LIVES  AND  SPEECHES  of  Abraham  Lincoln  and 
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364.  ITALIAN  JOURNEYS.     lamo,  original  cloth. 

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365.  NO  LOVE  LOST.      A    Romance  of    Travel.     Illus- 
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366.  SUBURBAN  SKETCHES.       i2mo,    original   cloth, 
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367.  POEMS   [including    4    now  first  published].      i2mo, 
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368.  MODERN  ITALIAN  POETS.      Essays   and    Ver- 
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New  York:  Harper  and  Bros.,   1892 

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370.  [WASHINGTON  IRVING,  J.  K.  PAULDING 
and  WILLIAM  IRVING.]  Salmagundi;  or,  The  Whim- 
Whams  and  Opinions  of  Launcelot  Langstaff,  Esq.,  and 
Others.     Portrait.      2  vols.  i6mo,  original  half  roan. 

New  York:   D.  Longworth,  1808 

*  Title  and  "  contents  "  of  Volume  I.  missing.      All  Nos.  included 
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371.  The    same.       Second    English    Edition,      ramo, 

original  boards  and  label,  uncut  (covers  loose). 

London:  T.  Davidson,  1824 

372.  A  HISTORY  OF  NEW  YORK  from  the  beginning 
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Knickerbocker.  2  vols.  i2mo,  old  sheep  (folding  plate  lack- 
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New  York:  Inskeep  &  Bradford,  1809 

373.  THE  SKETCH  BOOK  OF  GEOFFREY  CRAYON, 
GENT.  (Nos.  VI.  and  VII.  only.)  8vo,  original  wrappers, 
uncut.  New  York:  C.  S.  Van  Winkle,  1820 

*  Both  Nos.  first  issues. 

374.  BRACEBRIDGE  HALL,  OR  THE  HUMOR- 
ISTS. A  Medley.  By  Geoffrey  Crayon,  Gent.  2  vols. 
8vo  (new)  half  cloth  (not  uniform). 

New  York:  C.  S.  Van  Winkle,  1822 

375.  The  same.      2  vols,  in  one,  8vo,  sheep  (half  titles 

missing,  top  margin  of  p.  141  torn  away  and  tear  repaired). 

New  York:  C.  S.  Van  Winkle,  1822 

376.  The  same.      First  English  Edition.      2  vols.  8vo, 

full  calf,  gilt.  London:  John  Murray,  1822 

377.  TALES  OF  A  TRAVELLER.  8vo,  original  wrap- 
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Philadelphia:  H.  C.  Carey  &  I.  Lea,  1824 

*  Nos.   I  to  3  only. 

378.  The  same.      (Parts    I   and  II  only.)      In  one  vol. 

8vo,  half  bound  (name  cut  from  top  of  title,  poor  copy). 

Philadelphia:  H.  C.  Carey  &  I.  Lea,  1824 
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379.  TALES  OF  A  TRAVELLER.  The  same. 
Part  I  only.  8vo,  original  printed  wrappers,  uncut  (covers 
and  some  pp.  spotted). 

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380.  The  same.      First  English  Edition.      2  vols.  Svo, 

original  boards  and   labels,  uncut  (backs  worn). 

London:  John  Murray,  1824 

381.  LETTERS  OF  JONATHAN  OLDSTYLE,   Gent. 

With  a  Biographical  Notice.  8vo,  new  wrappers,  totally 
UNCUT  (some  pp.  spotted). 

New  York:   William  H.  Clayton,  1824 

382.  The  same.  8vo,  half  cloth  and  boards  (re- 
bound). New  York:   William  H.  Clayton,  1824 

*  With  original  front  wrappers  bound  in. 

383.  A  HISTORY  OF  THE  LIFE  AND  VOYAGES 
OF  CHRISTOPHER  COLUMBUS.  Maps.  4  vols.  8vo, 
half  bound  (broken,  needs   rebinding),  London,  1828 

■^  First  English  Edition. 

384.  ASTORIA,  OR  ANECDOTES  OF  AN  ENTER- 
PRISE BEYOND  THE  ROCKY  MOUNTAINS.  2  vols. 
Svo,  original  cloth  (poor  copy,  broken  and  map  missing). 

Philadelphia,  1836 

385.  OLIVER  GOLDSMITH:  a  Biography.  New  Edi- 
tion, Revised  [and  with  new  Preface].  i2mo,  original  cloth 
(spotted).  New  York:   G.  P.  Putnam,  1849 

386.  WOLFERT'S  ROOST,  and  other  Papers,  now  first 
collected.  Frontispiece  and  engraved  title  by  Darley.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  New  York :  G.  P.  Putnam  and  Co.,  1855 

387.  THE  LIFE  OF  GEORGE  WASHINGTON.      By 

Washington  Irving.  Illustrated  Edition.  With  numerous 
full-page  steel  portraits  and  ^neivs,  maps,  etc.  8vo,  original 
wrappers,  uncut,  in  the  original  parts,  as  issued  (several 
covers  and  one  or  two  portraits  missing,  several  pp.  spotted 
and  margins  of  one  part  mouse-eaten). 

New  York:  Geo.  P.  Putnam,  1856-59 

388.  The   same.      8vo,   original    wrappers,    uncut,   in 

the  original  parts,  as  issued.        New  York:   Putnam,  1856-59 

*  Parts  to  form  Vols.  I  to  IV  only.     Parts  35-36  and  some  plates 
missing. 

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389.  IRVING  VIGNETTES.  Vignette  Illustrations  of  the 
Writings  of  Washington  Irving.  Portrait  and  numerous  finely 
engraved  plates  after  Darley^  Allston,  Gilbert  and  others.  Square 
8vo,  full  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

*  First  issue.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  1858 

390.  IRVINGIANA:  A  Memorial  of  Washington  Irving. 
Portrait  and  facsimile.     8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  64. 

New  York:   C.  B.  Richardson,  i860 

391.  IRVING  (WILLIAM— Brother  of  Washington). 
A.  L.  S.  I  page,  4to.  Washington,  1818.  A  most  interest- 
ing letter,  with  mention  of  Decatur,  Porter,  Rogers  (of  the 
War  of  1812),  Calhoun,  etc. 


392.  JUDAH  (SAMUEL  B,  H.).  Gotham  and  the 
GoTHAMiTES:  a  Medley.  24mo,  original  printed  boards, 
UNCUT  and  unopened. 

New  York:   Published  for  the  Author,  1823 

*  Fine  copy.  Rare  in  boards,  uncut.  It  contains  many 
libellous  references  to  prominent  New  Yorkers  of  the  period,  and  on 
this  account  the  book  was  suppressed,  and  the  author  imprisoned. 

393.  KENNEDY  (J.  P.).  Rob  of  the  Bowl:  a  Legend 
of  St.  Inigoe's.  2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth  and  paper 
labels.  Philadelphia:  Lea  and  Blanchard,  1838 

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THIRD   SESSION. 

Morhci  of  1benr^  M.  Xonofellow. 

[See  also  No.  605,  Sumner.] 

394.  MISCELLANEOUS  POEMS,  selected  chiefly  from 
the  United  States  Literary  Gazette.  Vignette  on  title.  12 mo, 
original  half  cloth  and  boards,  entirely  uncut,  with  label 
(lacks  4  pp.,  113-116). 

Boston:   Cummings,  Hilliard  and  Co.,  1826 

*  Rare  in  this  state.  The  volume  contains  14  poems  by  Long- 
fellow, only  5  of  which  were  retained  and  published  in  later  editions 
of  his  poems.  With  MS.  notes  in  the  autograph  of  Mr.  Chamber- 
lain indicating  which  poems  appeared  in  "  Voices  "  (of  the  Night). 
Contains  also  23  poems  by  Bryant. 

395.  THE  ATLANTIC  SOUVENIR  for  1827.  Plates, 
including  vieiv  of  JVeiu  York,  e?ig raved  by  Maverick.  3 2 mo, 
original  boards  in  original  case  (boards). 

Philadelphia:  H.  C.  Carey  &  Lea,  1827 

*  Fine  copy.  Very  rare.  Contains  "  Song  of  the  Birds  "  and 
"  Burial  of  the  Minnisink  "  by  Longfellow,  here  first  published;  also 
contributions  by  Irving,  Bancroft,  and  others. 

396.  [LONGFELLOW  (H.  W.).]  French  Exercises; 
selected  chiefly  from  Wanostrocht  and  adapted  to  the  Ele- 
ments of  French  Grammar  by  M.  Lhomond.  By  An  In- 
structer  (^/V).      i2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

Portland:   Samuel  Colman,  1830 

*  Fine  copy.  Rare.  Presentation  copy  from  Griffen,  the  printer 
of  the  volume. 

397.  ELEMENTS  OF  FRENCH  GRAMMAR.      By  M. 

Lhomond.  Translated  from  the  French  for  the  use  of  Schools 
by  An  Instructer  {sic),  1830;  also  French  Exercises,  selected 
chiefly  from  Wanostrocht,  and  adapted  to  the  Elements  of 
French  Grammar  by  M.  Lhomond,  by  An  Instructer  {sic), 
1830.  2  vols,  in  I.  1  2mo,  original  cloth  (spotted)  and  paper 
label  (somewhat  rubbed).       Portland:   Samuel  Colman,  1830 

*  This  copy  contains  only  4  errata  slips.  Thumbed  in  places  and 
several  pages  need  slight  repairs. 

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398.  MANUEL   DE   PROVERBES   DRAMATIQUES. 

I2mO,  ORIGINAL  CLOTH   WITH  ORIGINAL  LABEL,  TOTALLY  UNCUT, 

MANY  PAGES  UNOPENED.  Portland:   Samuel  Colman,  1830 

^  A  remarkably  fine  copy  of  this  rare  book.  "  With  the  respects 
of  the  Author"  written  on  fly-leaf  (apparently  not  in  Longfellow's 
hand)  and  probably  a  copy  sent  by  the  publisher  at  Longfellow's  re- 
quest. The  preface  of  seven  pages  (in  French)  is  by  Longfellow. 
This  is  the  complete  work  which  contains  pp.  2SS,  table  of  contents 
and  errata.      Page  28S  is  misprinted  iSS. 

399.  The  same.      lamo,   original  cloth,   paper   label, 

top  edges  trimmed,  others  entirely  uncut,  fine  copy  (last  page 
188  instead  of  288). 

400.  SAGGI   DE   NOVELLIERI   ITALIANI   D'OGNI 

SECOLO.      i2mo,   original   cloth,  paper   label,  some  leaves 
uncut  (p.  123  torn  into  the  text). 

Boston:  Gray  &  Bowen,  1832 

*  With  preface  in  Italian  of  two  pages  by  Longfellow,  and  leaf  of 
errata. 

401.  COPLAS  DE  DON  JORGE  MANRIQUE,  trans- 
lated from  the  Spanish,  with  an  Introductory  Essay  on  the 
Moral  and  Devotional  Poetry  of  Spain.  i2mo,  original 
cloth  and  label.  Boston:  Allen  and  Ticknor,  1833 

*  Rare.  This  volume,  the  first  separate  publication  of  the  poet, 
contains,  in  addition  to  the  Coplas  de  Manrique  and  the  Essay,  nine 
sonnets,  two  of  which,  "  Nature  and  Art"  and  "  The  Two  Har- 
vests," have  never  been  reprinted. 

402.  OUTRE-MER:     A    Pilgrimage    Beyond    the    Sea  | 
No.  I.     Boston:   Milliard,  Gray    &  Co.  |  M  DCCC  XXXIII. 
No.    II.       Boston:  Lilly,    Wait,     and    Company]  M  DCCC 
XXXIV.      8vo,    No.    I   in   the    original    marbled    printed 
WRAPPERS,    UNCUT.      No.    II  in   the   original  blue   printed 

WRAPPERS,    UNCUT.  BoStOn,    1 833-34 

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9H  X  sH  inches;  No.  II,  gj/s  [some  leaves  10]  x  6}4  inches.  In 
comparison  with  the  ordinary  measurements  of  this  work,  it  may  be 
assumed  that  Part  II  (and  perhaps  both  parts)  may  be  Large  Paper 
copies.  Each  volume  is  laid  loosely  in  a  half  crimson  straight 
grained  morocco  cover,  with  flaps. 

Part  I.   The  marbled   cover   and    two  fly-leaves  have  upper  right 
hand  corner  eaten    away  by  mice.     Title  and  dedicatory  epistle  also 
have  the  upper  margins   slightly  damaged   in  the   same  way.     Auto- 
graph of  V.  Seaman,  1S33,   on  title.      Mr.  Chamberlain  had  secured 
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a  perfect  upper  half  of  the  marbled  cover  of  Part  I,  evidently  intend- 
ing to  have  it  repaired.     This  is  laid  in. 

Part  II,  except  for  slight  fox-stains  is  perfect,  and  as  may  be  seen 
from  the  measurements,  both  this  and  Part  I  are  of  extraordinary 
size,  in  fact,  slightly  larger  than  the  copy  sold  in  the  first  part  of 
the  Chamberlain  library  last  February. 

403.  OUTRE-MER:  A  Pilgrimage  Beyond  the  Sea.  2  vols, 
in  I.  8vo,  half  russia.  Boston:  Hilliard,  Gray  &  Co.,  1833, 
and  Boston:  Lilly,  Wait  &  Co.,  1833-1834. 

*  Bowdoin  College  stamp  on  title  and  their  check  number  in  ink  on 
verso.  Laid  in  is  a  letter  from  the  Librarian  of  Bowdoin  relating  to 
the  exchange  of  the  book,  dated  April  13,  1904.  An  exceedingly 
interesting  copy,  from  the  Library  of  the  College  where  Longfel- 
low graduated  and  where  he  was  first  a  professor,  going  from  thence 
to  Harvard. 

Tall  copy,  measuring  9  x  S/s  inches. 

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New  York:  Harper  &  Bros.,  1835 

*  First  complete  edition.  The  new  material  consists  of  two  chap- 
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405.  VOICES  OF  THE  NIGHT.  Third  Edition.  Royal 
8vo,  full  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges  (rubbed). 

Cambridge:  John  Owen,  1840 

*  Large  Paper  copy.  Rare.  This  (the  third)  edition  was 
entirely  reset,  and  contains  many  corrections.  Only  250  copies 
were  printed. 

406.  POEMS  ON  SLAVERY,  Second  Edition,  1842; 
New  England  Tragedies,  1868,  First  English  Edition;  Ballads 
and  Other  Poems,  illuminated  wrappers,  1845.  3  vols.  i2mo, 
cloth  and  wrappers.  Cambridge  and  London 

407.  THE  WAIF:  A  Collection  of  Poems.  i2mo,  re- 
bound in  cloth  and  with  new  label. 

Cambridge:   Published  by  John   Owen,  1845 

*  Edited  by  Longfellow,  who  contributed  the  poem,  "The  Day 
is  Done." 

408.  THE  POETS  AND  POETRY  OF  EUROPE, 

with  Introductions  and  Biographical  Notices.  Portrait  and 
e?igraved title  (inserted  from  another  copy).  8vo,  original  full 
morocco,  gilt  edges.  Philadelphia:  Carey  and  Hart,  1845 

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409.  THE  BELFRY  OF  BRUGES  and  other  Poems. 
i2mo,  original  illuminated  wrappers  (front  wrapper  missing), 
uncut  and  unopened;  Second  Edition,  original  wrappers,  un- 
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*  Very  scarce  uncut. 

410.  SERMON  preached  at  the  Ordination  of  Samuel 
Longfellow,  at  Fall  River,  Mass.,  1848  (with  original  hymn, 
5  stanzas  of  4  lines  each  by  Longfellow).  8vo,  original 
wrappers  (piece  torn  from  front  cover),   pp.    36. 

Fall  River:  Henry  Pratt,  1848 

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Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1849 

*  First  issue,  First  Edition,  with  the  last  line  at  page  173,  end- 
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dated  May  ist,  1S49, 

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same  year.      3  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth. 

414.  THE  SEASIDE  AND  THE  FIRESIDE.  i2mo, 
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*  Presentation  copy  from  O.  B.  Frothingham. 

415.  The  same.      Original   boards   and   label  (slightly 

defective),    uncut.      With   the  advertisements,   4  pp.,   dated 
Dec,  1849.  Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1850 

416.  THE  GOLDEN  LEGEND.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

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418.  DANTE.     The  Divine  Comedy   of    Dante    Alighieri. 

Translated  by  Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow.      3   vols,  royal 

8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt  tops,  uncut. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1867 

419.  THE  DIVINE  TRAGEDY.     i2mo,    original  cloth. 

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421.  SIX  AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS  SIGNED  "Henry 
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intimate  friend  (whose  Longfellow  correspondence  appeared 
in  Part  I  of  this  catalogue),  mainly  relating  to  Greene's  ill- 
nesses, and  offering  suggestions  and  counsel,  as  well  as  more 
material  assistance.  2  and  4  pp.  each,  i2mo.  Cambridge, 
1871  to  1875.      (6) 

"  //  the  Professor  wants  to  know  what  I  have  been  doing  to-day 
tell  him  I  have  been  to  the  College  Chapel,  have  read  the  '  Maho- 
met '  of  Voltaire,  and  have  written  a  few  verses  {letter  dated  Feb.  18, 
1872,  probably  verses  of  '  New  England  Tragedy ')  and  moreover 
and  better  than  all  have  thought  a  great  deal  about  hi?n." 

Tho  letters  are  dated  Oct.  and  Nov.  30,  1871,  Feb.  18,  1872, 
Jan.  19,  22,  and  Feb.  16,  I875. 

WITH  MS.  VERSE. 

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i2mo,  original  pictorial  wrappers,  pp.   12. 

New  York:  The  Excelsior  Life  Insurance  Company,  1872 

*  First    separate   edition.     Laid  in  is  the    first  stanza  of 

THE    POEM    written    IN    THE   AUTHOR'S    AUTOGRAPH,    AND    SIGNED. 

"  The  shades  of  night  were  falling  fast 
"  As  through  an  Alpine  village  passed 
"  A  Youth  who  bore  'mid  snow  and  ice 
"  A  Banner  with  that  strange  device 
Excelsior." 
"  Henry  \V.  Longfellow." 

Endorsed  "  First  Stanza  of  Excelsior  written  by  the  Poet  Mch. 
joth  '7/,"  in  another  hand. 

Rare.  Originally  issued  by  the  N.  Y.  Excelsior  Life  Insurance 
Company  as  an  advertisement,  and  with  a  full-page  advertisement  of 
the  Company  as  the  last  leaf  (which  has  been  extracted  from  this 
copy).  Many  of  the  copies  of  this  issue  of  the  Poem  were  destroyed 
by  fire.  Printed  without  the  sanction  of  the  publisher,  who  threat- 
ened a  suit  for  infringement,  but  the  case  was  never  brought  to 
Court.     The  II.  15.  Anthony  copy. 

423.  THREE  BOOKS  OF  SONG.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1872 

424.  CHRISTUS.  A  MYSTERY.  3  vols.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1872 


"MovWs  ot  llDenn^  M.  Xonotellow 

425.  LONGFELLOW  LEAFLETS.  Publisher's  Notice 
(Jan.,  1882)  of  Longfellow's  Leaflets  to  be  issued  in  Febru- 
ary (Feb.  18,  1882),  FROM  THE  Longfellow  Library  pre- 
sented BY  Mrs.  Thorpe  [Longfellow's  daughter];  Leaflet  of 
the  Longfellow  Memorial  Association  to  the  Children  of  Amer- 
ica,/^r/ra;//  andfacsi7nile  of  the  poem  on  '■'-The  Arrow.  "  (2  pieces.) 

426.  THE  LONGFELLOW  COLLECTORS'  HAND 
BOOK.  A  Bibliography  of  First  Editions.  [By  Beverley 
Chew.]      i2mo,  half  vellum  and  boards,  uncut. 

New  York:   W.  E.  Benjamin,  1885 

*  No.  181  of  250  copies. 

426*.  [LONGFELLOW  (H.  W.).]  A  Bibliography  of 
the  First  Editions  in  book  form  of  the  Writings  of  Henry 
Wadsworth  Longfellow.  Compiled  largely  from  the  Collec- 
tion formed  by  the  late  J.  C.  Chamberlain  by  Luther  S. 
Livingston.  Portrait  of  Longfellow  {unpublished')  and  numerous 
reproductions  of  Title  Pages.  8vo,  original  boards,  cloth  back 
and  corners,  uncut.  New  York:   Privately  printed,  1908 

*  The  latest,  best  and  probably  the  last  Bibliography  of  Long- 
fellow, as  it  is  improbable  that  any  really  important  additions  can 
hereafter  be  made.     Limited  Edition. 


Morke  of  James  IRuescll  XowclL 

427.  A  YEAR'S  LIFE.  i2mo,  original  boards,  label  (back 
and  label  defaced),  stamp  on  title  and  p.  179. 

Boston:   C.  C.  Little  &  J.  Brown,  1841 

*  Lowell  was  encouraged  to  publish  this  first  book  of  peems  by 
Maria  Lowell,  his  first  wife. 

428.  [LOWELL  (J.  R.).]  The  Token  and  Atlantic  Sou- 
venir. ["The  Ballad  of  the  Stranger  "  by  Lowell.]  Plates. 
i2mo,  original  stamped  roan,  gilt  edges  (used  copy). 

Boston:   D.  H.  Williams,  1842 

429.  THE  BOSTON  MISCELLANY  of  Literature  and 
Fashion.  Edited  by  Nathan  Hale,  Jr.  Numerous  engravings., 
colored  costume  plates.,  etc.  (Vols,  i  and  2  in  one  vol.)  8vo, 
half  calf  (no  title  to  Vol.  2). 

Boston:  Bradbury,  Soden  &  Co.,  Jan. -Dec,  1842 

*  Lowell   was    a   constant    contributor  to  this    periodical,   having 

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written  for  it  the  literary  notices,  as  well  as  a  number  of  poems, 
sonnets,  prose  sketches,  etc.  The  "  First  Client "  and  others  of  the 
sonnets  were  never  republished.      Hawthorne   was  also  among  the 

contributors. 

430.  THE  BOSTON  MISCELLANY,  Aug.,  1842  (with 
covers);  Jan.,  1843  (without  covers  and  plates  missing).  2 
parts,  8vo.  Boston:  Bradbury,  Soden  &  Co.,  1842-3 

431.  THE  PIONEER.  J.  R.  Lowell  and  R.  Carter,  edi- 
tors.     Nos.   1-2  (3  covers  missing,  and  the  illustrations). 

Boston:  Leland  and  Whiting,  1843 

432.  POEMS.     1844.     In  sheets  removed  from  binding. 

Cambridge:   John  Owen,  1844 

*  The  excessively  rare  Large  and  Thick  Paper  issue  of 
THE  First  Edition,  of  which  previously  but  six  copies  were 
KNOWN.  Mr.  Chamberlain  had  the  sheets  beautifully 
cleaned,  a  library  stamp  removed  from  title,  replace  mark 
and  figures  removed  from  pp.  55,  III  and  122. 

[See  Reproduction.] 
» 

433.  The  same.       Thick  8vo,  half  morocco  (rubbed). 

Cambridge:  John  Owen,  1844 

*  A  bound  copy  of  the  excessively  rare  Large  and  Thick 
Paper  issue  of  the  First  Edition.  With  stamp  on  title  and  front 
edges.  Not  more  than  six  copies  are  known,  one  of  which  is  in 
the  Hoe  library. 

434.  CONVERSATIONS  on  Some  of  the  Old  Poets. 
i2mo,  half  morocco,  original  illuminated  wrappers  preserved 
(library  stamp  on  title).  Cambridge:   John  Owen,  1845 

435.  [LOWELL  (J.  R.).]  The  Young  American's  Maga- 
zine of  Self-Improvement.  Edited  by  George  W.  Light. 
(With  two  original  poems  by  J.  R.  Lowell.)  i2mo,  paper, 
uncut.  Boston,  1847-48 

*  In  the  original  numbers,  as  issued,  i-6  (lacking  No.  5).  Por- 
trait of  Franklin  missing.     Rare  in  this  state. 

436.  MELIBGEUS-HIPPONAX.  The  Biglow  Papers. 
Edited  by  Homer  Wilbur.  i2mo,  original  cloth,  top  and 
bottom  edges  uncut. 

Cambridge:   Geo.  Nichols;  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  1848 

437.  POEMS.  Second  Series.  i2mo,  original  cloth  (era- 
sure on  title).  Cambridge:  Geo.  Nichols;  Boston:  B.  B. 
Mussey  &  Co.,  1848. 

*  The  Bierstadt  copy,  with  bookplate  engraved  by  French. 

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JAMES  RUSSELL  LOWELL 


CAMBRIDGE: 

PUBLISHED  BY  JOHN  OWEN. 

M  DCCC  SLIV. 


[No.  432] 


Morfts  of  James  IRusscll  Xowell 

438.  A  FABLE  FOR  CRITICS,  Second  Edition;  a  later 
issue  of  the  same.      2  vols.  lamo,  original  boards  and  cloth. 

New  York:   G.  P.  Putnam,  1848 

439.  "OUR  OWN."  The  corrected  copy  of  Putnam's 
issue,  PART  OF  THE  ORIGINAL  MS.  and  other  interesting  addi- 
tions, arranged  by  Mr.  Chamberlain  for  the  binder,  as 
follows: 

*  i:  The  poem  as  it  appeared,  extracted  from  Putnam's  Magazine 
for  April,  May  and  June,  1853.  [On  8  of  the  17  sheets  are  MS. 
corrections  copied  by  Mr.  Chamberlain  from  C.  E.  Norton's  copy, 
with  Lowell's  corrections  (pencil),  with  instructions  what  to  use  and 
where  to  be  placed  in  the  volumes  of  collected  works,  published  in 
1890,  under  the  title,  "  Fragments  of  an  Unfinished  Poem,"  in  which 
it  is  very  much  cut  down.] 

2:  Two  PAGES  of  Lowell's  manuscript  (54  lines)  beginning  with 
"■Upon  that  line  in  Byron  of  the  steed  that  knotvs  its  rider," 

to 
"^  Sailor  yet,  who  loved  the  fate  to  which  his  life  was  bound" 
[part  of  which  Lowell  cut  out  of  the  Collected  Edition],  and 
"  With  Greece  and  Egypt,  but  they  were  great  artists  in  their  politics" 

to 
''The  Jtewspapers  take  in  the  Age,  and  Stocks  do  all  the  thinkin<r" 

3:  An  Autograph  Letter  Signed  of  Geo.  W.  Curtis,  Oct.  12, 
1853,  stating  that  he  enclosed  a  MS.  page  of  Lowell  [see  above]  and 
a  signature  of  Longfellow. 

4:  Autograph  Signature  of  H.  W.  Longfellow  [as  above]. 
5:  Magazine  Extract   [Putnam's]   containing  a  critical  essay, 
"  Lowell  the  Poet,"  and  Lowell's   '■'■Fountain  of  Youth." 
[From  the  collections  of  C.  E.  Norton  and  C.   L.  Noble.] 

440.  ANTI-SLAVERY     FESTIVAL     IN     FANEUIL 

HALL.     A  Welcome  to  Parker  Pillsbury  on  his  safe  return 

to  America,  Wednesday  evening,  May  28,  1856,     Broadside, 

containing  4  Poems,  one  of  which,  "  Friends  of  Freedom,  ye 

who  stand,"  3  stanzas  of  8  lines  each,  is  by  Lowell.      Folio, 

printed  within  ornamental  borders  (slight  injury  to  margins, 

not  touching  text).  [Boston:   Prentiss  and  Sawyer,  1856] 

*  Rare.     Lacking  in  the  Arnold,   Foote,   and    other  well-known 

collections.     The  Poem  is  not  in  Lowell's  collected  works  published 

at  the  Riverside  Press.     Pillsbury  was  the  lecturing    agent  of  the 

New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts,  and  American  anti-slavery  societies 

from  1840  until  the  abolition  of  slavery,  and  was  the  editor  of  several 

anti-slavery  papers. 

441.  FIRESIDE  TRAVELS.     lamo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1864 
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442.  MELIBOEUS-HIPPONAX.  The  Biglovv  Papers. 
Second  Series.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Ticknor  &  Fields,  1867 

443.  THE  CATHEDRAL.  Vignettes.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  Boston:    Fields,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1870 

444.  AMONG  MY  BOOKS.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Fields,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1870 

445.  MY  STUDY  WINDOWS.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston,  1871 

*  First  issue,  with  Fields,  Osgood  &Co.'s  device  on  back  in  gilt. 

446.  AMONG  MY  BOOKS.  Second  Series.  i2mo,  orig- 
inal brown  cloth.  Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1876 

*  First  issue,  with  copyright  date  "  1875."  Rare.  Inserted  is  a 
typewritten  copy  of  a  letter  from  Lowell  referring  to  it. 

447.  THREE  MEMORIAL  POEMS.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1877 

*  With  a  misspelled  word,    "  ackowledgment,"  in  the  dedication. 

448.  DEATH  OF  PRESIDENT  GARFIELD,  Meeting 
of  Americans  in  London.  Portrait.  8vo,  original  cloth, 
uncut.  London:  B.  F.  Stevens,  1881 

*  Mr.  Lowell  presided  at  the  meeting  and  delivered  the  opening 
address  (see  pp.  S-21),  The  fact  that  Mr.  Lowell  wrote  the  preface 
and  otherwise  edited  this  volume  is  not  generally  known. 

449.  ADDRESS  (ON  DEMOCRACY)  Delivered  before 
the  Birmingham  and  Midland  Institute  at  Birmingham  on 
Monday,  October  6th,  1S84,  by  James  Russell  Lowell,  D.C.  L., 
LL.D.,  etc.,  etc.  Square  8vo,  stitched,  as  issued,  with 
printed  front  cover,  pp.  24. 

[London:  Harrison  and  Sons,  1884] 

*  The  Arnold  Copy.  A  Proof  Copy.  With  additions  identical 
with  those  on  Lowell's  copy  on  the  margins  of  pages  7,  9,  and  16,  in 
the  autograph  of  Thos.  Hodson,  who  was  chief  clerk  at  the  U.  S. 
Embassy  at  the  time  Mr.  Lowell  was  the  Minister  to  England.  The 
additions  were  in  all  probability  written  at  Mr.  Lowell's  dictation. 
This  copy  when  sold  at  the  Arnold  sale  was  catalogued  as  the  one 
containing  Mr.  Lowell's  MS.  additions,  but  it  having  been  pointed 
out  to  Mr.  Arnold  that  the  additions  were  not  in  Mr.  Lowell's  auto- 
graph, a  correction  was  made  at  the  time  of  sale  by  the  auctioneer. 
Enclosed  in  cloth  case. 

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450.  ON  DEMOCRACY.  An  Address  delivered  in  the 
Town  Hall,  Birmingham,  on  the  6th  of  October,  1884,  by 
His  Excellency,  The  Hon.  James  Russell  Lowell,  D.C.L., 
LL.D.,  American  Minister  in  London,  President.  8vo, 
sewn.  Birmingham:  Printed  by  Cond  Bros.,  Paternoster 
Row,  Moor  Street,  pp.  15  [1884], 

*  The  rare  limited  issue  published  by  the  Birmingham  and  Mid- 
land Institute  for  its  members  only,  with  a  copy  of  the  card  pro- 
spectus (a  facsimile  of  the  title)  laid  in. 

451.  CELEBRATION  of  the  250th  Anniversary  of  the 
Incorporation  of  Concord  (with  a  lengthy  Speech  by  Lowell, 
also     Speeches    by    Emerson,    Curtis,    etc.).       8vo,    original 

cloth.  Concord,  1885 

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452.  UNDER  THE  OLD  ELM  and  other  Poems,  with 
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Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1885 

453.  DEMOCRACY  and  other  Addresses.  i2mo,  original 
cloth  and  label,  uncut.  Boston,   1887 

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454.  HEARTSEASE  AND  RUE.  Portrait.  12 mo,  orig- 
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455.  PUBLICATIONS  of  the  Modern  Language  Associa- 
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original  wrappers,  uncut.  Baltimore,  1890 

456.  THE  OLD  ENGLISH  DRAMATISTS.  Portrait. 
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Cambridge:   Riverside  Press,  1892 
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457.  DEMOCRACY:  An  Address.  i2mo,  original  half 
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460.  MARKOE  (PETER).  The  Times:  A  Poem.  8vo, 
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Philadelphia:  William  Spotswood,  1788 

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461.  MATHER  (COTTON).  Essays  to  do  Good.  i2mo, 
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464.  FRESH  GLEANINGS;  or,  A  New  Sheaf  from  the 
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467.  THE  LORGNETTE ;  or,  Studies  of  the  Town. 
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469.  DREAM  LIFE.  A  Fable  of  the  Seasons.  Frontis- 
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New  York:  Charles  Scribner,  1852 

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481.  AMERICAN  LANDS  AND  LETTERS:  The  May- 
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482.  MOORE  (CLEMENT  C).     Poems.      i2mo,  original 
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485.  MERRY-MOUNT:  A  Romance  of  the  Massachusetts 
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486.  The  same.      2  vols,  in  i.       i2mo,  original  cloth. 

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487.  THE  RISE   OF   THE  DUTCH   REPUBLIC; 

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488.  HISTORY  OF  THE  UNITED  NETHERLANDS; 

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with  a  full  View  of  the  English-Dutch  Struggle  against  Spain, 
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489.  THE  CAUSES  OF  THE  AMERICAN  CIVIL 
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490.  HISTORIC  PROGRESS  AND  AMERICAN 
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(stamp  on  front  wrapper),  pp.  74. 

New  York:   Charles  Scribner  and  Co.,  1869 

491.  THE  LIFE  AND  DEATH  OF  JOHN  OF  BARNE- 
VELD,  Advocate  of  Holland,  with  a  View  of  the  Primary 
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492.  THE  CORRESPONDENCE  OF  JOHN  LO- 
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493.  NEAL  (JOHN).  Man.  A  Discourse  before  the 
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8vo,  original  wrappers,  uxcur. 

Providence:   Knovvles,  Vose  &  Co.,  1838 

494.  NOTT  (ELIPHALET).  A  Discourse;  before  the 
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Children.    8vo,  unbound,  uncut,  pp.  39  (piece  cut  from  title), 

Albany:   C,  R.  and  G,  Webster  [1804] 

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495.  OWEN  (ROBERT  DALE),  Pocahontas:  A  His- 
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Citizen  of  the  West.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

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sea. 

496.  PAINE  (THOMAS).  The  Age  of  Reason.  Being 
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New  York:  for  J.  Fellows,  1794 

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497.  THE    CALIFORNIA    AND    OREGON    TRAIL; 

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498.  HISTORY  OF  THE  CONSPIRACY  OF  PON- 
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500.  VASSALL  MORTON:    a    Novel.       i2mo,    original 
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501.  PIONEERS     OF     FRANCE     IN     THE     NEW 
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503.  THE  JESUITS  IN  NORTH  AMERICA  IN  THE 
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Boston:  Little,  Brown  and  Co.,  1867 

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505.  THE    DISCOVERY    OF   THE    GREAT   WEST. 

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506.  The    same.     Map.      Thick    royal    8vo,   original 

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507.  THE  OLD  REGIME  IN  CANADA.     8vo,  original 
cloth.  Boston:  Little,  Brown  and  Co.,  1874 

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509.  COUNT    FRONTENAC    AND    NEW    FRANCE 
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510.  MONTCALM  AND  WOLFE.     Illustrated.     2  vols. 
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511.  SOME  OF  THE  REASONS  AGAINST  WOMAN 
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Women,  [1884].] 

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512.  HISTORICAL  HANDBOOK  OF  THE  NORTH- 
ERN TOUR.  Lakes  Champlain  and  George,  Niagara, 
Montreal,  Quebec.  Illustrated.  Svo,  original  wrappers, 
pp.  180.  Boston:   Little,  Brown  and  Co.,  1885 

513.  OUR  COMMON  SCHOOLS.  Svo,  original  wrap- 
pers, pp.  6.  [Boston:  Privately  Printed  by  the  Citizen's 
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514.  A  HALF-CENTURY  OF  CONFLICT.  2  vols.  8vo, 
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515.  PARSONS  (THOMAS  WILLIAM).  Poems.  i2mo, 
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516.  THE   LAY    OF   THE   SCOTTISH   FIDDLE:    A 

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518.  LETTERS  FROM  THE  SOUTH,  written  during 
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519.  THE  BACKWOODSMAN.  A  Poem.  i2mo,  origi- 
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521.  The  same.  Second  Series.  (Nos.  XI-XV  in- 
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522.  NEW  MIRROR  FOR  TRAVELLERS;  and  Guide 
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523.  ATLANTIC  SOUVENIR  (THE)  for  1830  (with 
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524.  POEMS  [including  Prometheus,  Part  I].  i8mo, 
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525.  PROMETHEUS.  Part  H,  with  Other  Poems.  i6mo, 
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526.  CLIO.  No.  I.  i2mo,  original  printed  wrappers,  un- 
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527.  The  same.  i2mo,  half  morocco  (title  time- 
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528.  POEMS.     8vo,  original  boards  and  label,  uncut. 

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529.  POEM  delivered  before  the  Connecticut  Alpha  of 
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532.  POETICAL  WORKS.    With  a  Biographical  Sketch. 
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533.  THE  LIFE  AND  LETTERS    of  James   Gates  Per- 
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534.  PHELPS  (ELIZABETH  STUART).  Hedged  in. 
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535.  PHELPS  (ELIZABETH  STUART).  The  Silent 
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536.  PHILLIPS  (WENDELL).  Review  of  Webster's 
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537.  PHILLIPS  (WENDELL).  The  Pulpit.  A  Dis- 
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538.  PIERPONT  (JOHN).  Airs  of  Palestine:  A  Poem. 
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539.  PIERPONT  (JOHN).  The  Pilgrims  of  Plymouth. 
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*  Very  scarce.     Only   100  copies    privately  printed.     With 
an  original  receipt  (autographed  by  the  author)  laid  in. 
60 


movhs  of  leboar  ailan  poe. 

541.  THE  NARRATIVE  OF  ARTHUR  GORDON 

PYM  of  Nantucket.  Crown  8vo,  original  cloth,  paper  label, 
uncut,  with  the  advertisements  at  the  front  and  back,  dated 
May,  1838.  New  York:   Harper  &  Bros.,  1838 

542.  THE  CONCHOLOGIST'S  FIRST  BOOK;    or,   A 

System  of  Testaceous  Malacology.  Arranged  expressly  for 
the  Use  of  Schools.  By  Edgar  A.  Poe.  //  (should  be  12) 
plates^  uncolored.  i2mo,  original  cloth  (fly-leaves  and  plate 
ir  missing).        Philadelphia:   Published  for  the  Author,  1839 

*  An  unusually  tall  copy.  This  is  probably  one  of  the  copies 
issued  with  plate  10  in  duplicate,  hence  the  absence  of  the  illustra- 
tion where  plate  11  should  be. 

543.  The  same.      12  plates^  uncolored.      12 mo,  original 

black  cloth.        Philadelphia:   Published  for  the  Author,  1840 

*  With  new  Preface  and  corrections.     First  issue  thus. 

544.  TALES;  [also]  The  Raven  and  Other  Poems.  By 
Edgar  A.  Poe.  2  vols,  in  r.  i2mo,  original  cloth,  as  issued 
(both  titles  and  one  half-title  stamped). 

New  York:  Wiley  &  Putnam,  1845 

*  With  an  interesting  cutting  inserted  giving  Dr.  Snodgrass's  true 
account  of  the  last  illness  and  death  of  Poe. 

545.  MESMERISM.  "  In  Articulo  Mortis."  An  Astound- 
ing and  Horrifying  Narrative  Shewing  the  Extraordinary 
Power  of  Mesmerism  in  Arresting  the  Progress  of  Death. 
i2mo,  sewn,  as  issued.  London:  Sharp  &  Co.,  1846 

*The  first  English  Edition  of  "The  Case  of  M.  Valdemar." 
Scarce. 

546.  THE  LITERATI:  With  Marginalia,  Suggestions  and 
Essays.  By  Edgar  A.  Poe.  Sketch  of  the  Author  by  R.  W. 
Griswold.      i2mo,  original  brown  cloth. 

New  York:  J.  S.  Redfield,  1850 

547.  GALLEY  PROOFS  (RECENT)  of  an  Edition  con- 
taining  Tamerlane,    Fugitive    Pieces,   v^^ith    Notes.      6  proof 

sheets. 

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mov\{5  Of  Milliain  IbidUiiuj  prcecott 

548.  HISTORY  OF  THE  REIGN  OF  FERDINAND 
AND  ISABELLA,  the  Catholic.  Portraits.  3  vols.  8vo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:  American  Stationers'  Co.,  1838 

*Prescott's  First  Historical  Work.     Scarce. 

549.  HISTORY  OF  THE  CONQUEST  OF  MEXICO, 

with  a  Preliminary  View  of  the  Ancient  Mexican  Civilization, 
and  the  Life  of  the  Conqueror,  Hernando  Cortes.  Portraits., 
maps  and  facsimile.      3  vols.  8vo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:   Harper  and  Bros.,  1843 

550.  BIOGRAPHICAL  AND  CRITICAL  MISCEL- 
LANIES.    Portrait.      8vo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:   Harper  and  Bros.,  1845 

551.  The  same.      8vo,  half  calf. 

New  York:    Harper  and  Bros.,  1845 

552.  HISTORY    OF    THE    CONQUEST    OF    PERU, 

with  a  Preliminary  View  of  the  Civilization  of  the  Incas. 
Portraits  and  map.      2  vols.  8vo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:   Harper  and  Bros.,  1847 

553.  HISTORY  OF  THE  REIGN  OF  PHILIP  THE 
SECOND,  KING  OF  SPAIN.  Portraits.  3  vols.  8vo,  origi- 
nal cloth.  Boston:  Phillips,  Sampson  and  Co.,  1855 

*  Autograph  presentation  copy  from  the  author,  with 
INSCRIPTION:  "  E.  P.  Whipple,  with  the  kind  regards  of  Wm.  H. 
Frescott." 

554.  The  same.     3  vols.  8vo,  cloth. 

*  Presentation  copy:    "  From  the  Author,  Dec.  S,  'jS." 

555.  MEMOIR  OF  THE  HONORABLE  ABBOTT 
LAWRENCE,  prepared  for  the  National  Portrait  Gallery. 
Portrait.      4to,  original  cloth. 

[Boston]:   Printed  for  Private  Distribution,  1856 

556.  THE  HISTORY  OF  THE  REIGN  OF  THE 
EMPEROR  CHARLES  THE  FIFTH,  by  William  Robert- 
son, with  an  Account  of  the  Emperor's  Life  after  his  Abdica- 
tion.     Portrait.      3  vols.  8vo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Phillips,  Sampson  and  Co.,  1857 
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Morhs  of  MtUiam  IFDicKUno  prescott 

557.  PROCEEDINGS  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society  in  respect  to  the  Memory  of  W.  H.  Prescott,  Feb.  i, 
1853.     Portrait  (inserted).      8vo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Mass.  Historical  Society,  1859 

558.  LIFE   OF  WILLIAM   HICKLING  PRESCOTT, 

by  George  Ticknor.     Portrait.      8vo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1864 

559.  The  same.      Proof  portraits  on  India  paper,  views 

and  facsimiles.     4to,  original   cloth,  paper  label,    uncut,    and 
mainly  unopened.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1866 

*  Large  paper  copy.     No.  70  of  only  100  printed. 


560.  RAMSAY  (DAVID).  The  Life  of  George  Wash- 
ington. Portrait  engraved  by  Leney.  Fine  impression.  8vo, 
new  three-quarter  blue  crushed  levant  morocco  gilt,  gilt  top, 
by  Pfister.  New  York:   Hopkins  and  Seymour,  1807 

*  Fine  copy. 

561.  READ  (THOMAS  BUCHANAN).  Rural  Poems. 
i2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut.  London:   Longman,  1857 

*  Autograph  presentation  copy  from  the  author,  with 
INSCRIPTION:  "  To  Mrs.  Crosland,  with  the  kind  regards  of  T' 
Buchanan  Read,  Rome,  Dec,  i8th.  iSjy." 

562.  SAXE  (JOHN  G.).  Poems.  i2mo,  original  cloth, 
UNCUT.  Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  1850 

*Laid  in  is  a  letter  from  Saxe  to  C.  L.  Noble  in  regard  to  auto- 
graphs, dated  Burlington,  1853. 

563.  SAXE  (JOHN  G.).  The  Money  King  and  other 
Poems.     Portrait.      i2mo,  original  cloth, 

Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  i860 

564.  SAXE  (JOHN  G.).  The  Fly-ing  Dutchman;  or, 
The  Wrath  of  Herr  Vonstoppelnoze.  16  comic  illustrations. 
i2mo,  original  cloth  (i  fly-leaf  missing). 

New  York:  Carleton,  1862 

565.  SAXE  (JOHN  G.).  The  Masquerade  and  other 
Poems.    i2mo,  original  cloth.   Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1866 

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566.  SIMMS  (WILLIAM  GILMORE).  The  Life  of 
Nathaniel  Greene.  Edited  by  Wm.  Gilmore  Simms.  i2mo, 
original  cloth.  New  York:   Derby  and  Jackson,  1859 

567.  SIMMS  (WILLIAM  GILMORE).  Norman  Mau- 
rice; or,  The  Man  of  the  People,  an  American  Drama.  8vo, 
original  printed  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  32  (corners  ragged). 

Richmond:  J.  R.  Thompson,  185 1 

*  Scarce  in  wrappers.  Presentation  copy  from  the  author, 
WITH  inscription:  ''Robert  M.  Bird,  Esq.  {author  of  'Nick  of 
the   IVoods'),  North  America,  Philadelphia,  from  the  Author." 

568.  SIMMS  (WILLIAM  GILMORE).  Autograph  Let- 
ter, Signed,  Charlestown,  3  pp.  4to,  1847,  to  Carey  and 
Hart,  Philadelphia. 

*  A  most  interesting  Letter  relating  to  the  publication  of  a  collected 
edition  of  his  Poems,  and  with  references  to  Longfellow  and  Halleck, 
Such  long  and  interesting  letters  are  very  scarce.  Evi- 
dently the  publisher  did  not  think  well  of  the  suggestion;  no  edition, 
such  as  he  mentions,  seems  to  have  been  printed. 


Morh6  of  ]E^mun^  Clarence  Stebman, 

569.  POEMS,   Lyrical   and  Idyllic.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  Charles  Scribner,  i860 

*  Presentation  copy  to  N.  P.  Willis,  with  inscription  in 

THE    author's    autograph. 

570.  THE  PRINCE'S  BALL.  A  Brochure  from  "  Vanity 
Fair."  Illustrations  by  Stephens.  i2mo,  original  cloth,  with 
4  pp.  of  advertisements.      New  York:  Rudd  &  Carleton,  i860 

571.  ALICE  OF  MONMOUTH.  An  Idyl  of  the  Great 
War,  with  other  Poems.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:   Carleton,  Publisher,  1864 

*  Fine  copy,  with  an  interesting  three-page  letter  from  Stedman  to 
E.  P.  Whipple  (Nov.,  1863),  thanking  him  for  "  many  voluntary  and 
very  kind  and  cheering  covunents  '  on  his  volume  of  poe??is  published 
in  1S60,'  atid  on  ventures  of  later  date.  These  attentions,  I  acknotvl- 
edge,  were  specially  gratifying  to  me  as  disproving  the  notion  that 
Boston  only  reads  her  own  books,  smokes  her  own  tobacco,  and  sees 
New  York  as  a  kind  of  '  Vanity  Fair  '  where  vien  are  scarcely  more 
conscientious  in  Art  and  Literature  than  in  Stock  Gambling." 

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572.  ALE  IN  PROSE  AND  VERSE.  By  Barry  Gray  and 
John  Savage.  Frontispiece  and  illustrations.  8vo,  original 
limp  cloth.  New  York:   [Taylor  and  Co.]  1866 

*  Contains  poem  "  A  Runlet  of  Ale,  by  Barry  Gray,"  a  parody  on 
Stedman's  "  Ballad  of  Lager  Bier,"  from  "  Poems,  Lyrical  and  Idyl- 
lic," i860. 

With  a  letter  from  E.  C.  Stedman  (Sept.,  18S6,  4  pp.  i2mo)  to 
D wight  King  in  reference  to  the  above.  "'  Your  mention  of  Tay- 
lor s  Verses  brings  the  facts  of  the  case  back  to  my  memory.  Their 
poor,  little  author,  '  Barry  Gray,^  died  within  a  year  past.  His  name 
was  Coffin.  As  for  the  Lager  Bier  Ballad,  one  of  the  songs  of  the 
days  of  my  youth,  I  never  got  a  cent  for  it,  though  I  was  a  starving 
Bohemian.  Coffin  parodied  it,  sold  his  doggerel  to  Taylor  &'  Co.  for 
$^00  and  had  the  assurance  to  send  me  a  copy  of  the  book.  Really,  he 
might  have  sent  me  a  box  of  cigars  with  it,  one  would  think.  How- 
ever, I  knew  he  needed  the  money  and  was  glad  anybody  could  profit 
by  my  verses — since  I  couldn't.  And  he  really  knew  no  better  and 
was  a  very  harmless  and  pathetic  hattger-on  among  our  writers." 

573.  A  RECONSTRUCTION  LETTER.  8vo,  wrap- 
pers. New  York,  1866 

*  One  of  only  100  copies  privately  printed  at  the  Bradford  Press. 
Accompanied  by  15  engraved  portraits  of  persons  mentioned  in  the 
text,  and  a  letter  from  the  Author  (Oct.,  30,  1866,  4  pp.  i2mo)  to 
Hon.  Albert  Rhodes  at  Rotterdam,  written  at  a  time  when  the 
poet's  early  struggles  as  a  poor  journalist  in  New  York  were  about 
coming  to  a  close  : — "I  have  been  in  a  state  of  ebullition  consequent 
upon  the  sale  of  our  little  house  and  our  removal  to  '  lodgings  '  for 
the  winter.  Moreover ,  I  am  started  in  business  again  {every  Yankee 
MUST  earn  a  living)  and  am  now,  for  the  first  time,  able  to  look 
around  and  attend  to  pleasures  and  friendships  **  "^  I  do  not  intend 
to  give  tip  literature  tho   in   business  traces  again."     Rare. 

574.  The  same.      8vo,  original   wrappers,  uncut. 

New  York,  1866 

*  One  of  only  100  copies  on  Whatman  paper,  privately  printed  at 
the  Bradford  Press.  Presentation  copy,  "  Richard  IV.  Roche,  Esq., 
tvith  regards  F.  S.  Hoffman,''''  with  autograph  inscription. 

575.  THE  BLAMELESS  PRINCE,  and  other  Poems. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.         Boston:  Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.,  1869 

*  Fine  copy.  Laid  in  is  a  letter  from  Stedman  (Nov.,  1873,  4  pp. 
i2mo)  to  his  publisher,  regarding  the  sale  of  his  Poems: — "'/trust 
my  Vol.  is  selling  fairly  in  spite  of  the  times.  It  certainly  is  having 
long,  conspicuous  reviews,  pro.  6^  con.  ^  some  of  which  might  be 
quoted  from  if  you  find  occasion  to  boast  a  second  Ed.  with  a  little 
adv.,"  etc. 

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576.  VICTORIAN  POETS.    i2mo,  original  cloth. 

*  Fine  copy.  Boston:  J,  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1876 

577.  HAWTHORNE  and   other   Poems.      i2mo,   original 

cloth.  Boston:  Jas.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1877 

*  Fine  copy. 

578.  PROCEEDINGS  at  a  Reception  in  Honor  of  Rev. 
O.  B.  Frothingham,  given  by  the  Independent  Liberal 
Church  (N.  Y.),  Apl.  22,  1879  [with  address  by  Stedman  and 
Letters  by  Holmes,  Emerson  and  others],  8vo,  original 
wrappers,  uncut.  New  York:  G,  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  1879 

579.  EDGAR  ALLAN  POE.  Portrait  on  cover  and  on  title. 
i2mo,  original  parchment  wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  104. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  1881 

*  Presentation  copy  from  the  author  (name  cut  away): 
"  With  the  love  of  their  most  affectionate  brother,  Edmund,  Oct., 
1880." 

580.  ■ The  same.  First  English  Edition.  i6mo,  origi- 
nal wrappers,  uncut.  London:  Sampson,  Low,  etc.,  1881 

581.  THE  STAR  BEARER.  (A  Legend  of  the  Lost 
Pleiad.      In  Verse.)      Frontispiece  on  India  paper  and  marginal 

decorations.      4to,  original  printed  wrapper,  uncut. 

[Boston,  1888] 

*  Scarce.  Only  300  copies  printed,  and  of  those  quite  a  number 
are  said  to  have  been  destroyed. 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author  to  Gleeson  White,  with  inscrip- 
tion and  a  stanza  from  the  poem  in  the  poet's  autograph  on  verso  of 
front  cover,  signed  and  dated  30  Oct.  1890. 

582.  VICTORIAN  POETS.  Revised  and  extended  by  a 
Supplementary  Chapter  to  the  Fiftieth  Year  of  the  Period 
under  Review.  Numerous  full-page  portraits.  2  vols,  8vo, 
original  cloth  and  labels,  uncut. 

Cambridge:  The  Riverside  Press,  1887 

*  Large  Paper.  No.  172  of  250  copies  with  the  engraved'por- 
traits  on  Japan  paper.     Fine  copy. 

583.  THE  YEAR  BOOK  of  the  Pegasus.  Number  One. 
[With  Poems,  "Mors  Benefica,"  by  Stedman  ;  "The  Pass- 
ing of  Tennyson,"  by  S.  Weir  Mitchell;  etc.]  8vo,  original 
wrappers,  uncut.        Philadelphia:  J,  B.  Lippincott  Co.,  1895 

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584.  FIFTIETH  ANNIVERSARY  of  the  Founding  of 
The  Century  and  the  Adoption  of  its  Constitution  [with 
original  poems  by  Stedman,  R.  H.  Stoddard  and  W.  A. 
Butler].     Portraits.     Small  4to,  cloth,  gilt. 

New  York:  The  Century  Association,  1897 

585.  AN  AMERICAN  ANTHOLOGY,  1 787-1900.  Se- 
lections illustrating  the  Editor's  Critical  Review  of  American 
Poetry  in  the  Nineteenth  Century.  Portraits  and  vignette 
titles.      2  vols.  8vo,  original  cloth  and  labels,  uncut. 

Cambridge:  The  Riverside  Press,  1900 

*  Large  Paper.     No.  273  of  300  copies  so  printed.     Fine  copy, 
with  author's  autograph. 

586.  MATER  CORONATA.  Recited  at  the  Bicentennial 
Celebration  of  Yale  University  XXIII  October,  MDCCCCI. 
Svo,  boards,  cloth  back,  uncut. 

Boston:    Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1901 

*  With  author's  autograph  on  title. 


Morks  of  1R.  1b,  StobbarC), 

587.  FOOT-PRINTS.      8vo,    original    wrappers,    pp.    48 
(portrait  laid  in). 

New  York:  Spalding  &  Shepard,  189^  Broadway,  1849 

*  Fine  copy  of  the  First  Edition  of  Stoddard's  first  volume  of 
poems,  privately  printed  and  very  rare.  In  1S86  Stoddard  wrote  to 
a  friend  about  it :  '  'It  sold  to  the  extent  of  one  copy  and  I  burnt  up  the 
edition.'"  One  copy  was  given  to  his  mother,  three  to  literary  jour- 
nals, and  Mr.  Bourne  (the  printer)  retained  one  copy,  which  he  gave 
back  to  Mr.  Stoddard  in  1S87. 

Accompanying  the  volume  is  a  copy  of  an  interesting  letter  from 
E.  C.  Stedman  relating  to  it,  and  a  Poem,  "  The  Republic"  (in  pam- 
phlet form),  by  Wm.  Oland  Bourne,  who  did  the  printing  of  "Foot- 
Prints"  for  Spalding  &  Shepard,  with  an  account  of  his  connection 
with  the  work  in  his  autograph  on  the  last  page  and  on  the  back 
cover. 

Probably  one  of  the  most  difficult  books  to  acquire  of 
ANY  American  author. 

588.  POEMS.     i2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

*  Fine  copy.        Boston:   Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  1852 

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589.  SONGS  OF  SUMMER.  i2mo,  original  cloth,  un- 
cut. Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1857 

590.  THE  KING'S  BELL.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  Carleton,  1863 

591.  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN.  An  Horatian  Ode.  Large 
8vo,  unsewn,  in  sheets  laid  in  the  original  glazed  wrappers, 
uncut.  New  York:   Bunce  &  Huntington  [1865] 

*  First  issue  with  page  12  misprinted  "13."  Laid  in  is  a  letter 
from  Stoddard  to  E.  P.  Whipple,  referring  to  this  particular  copy. 
"  I  sent  you  to-day  the  sheets  of  something  I  have  just  written  on  the 
death  of  Lincoln,  *  *  *  Send  vie  what  you  may  say  of  it  (j,f  you 
say  anything),"  etc. 

592.  The  same.     Bvo,  original  printed  wrappers. 

New  York:  Bunce  &  Huntington  [1865] 

*  P.  12  correctly  numbered.  Clippings  relating  to  Stoddard's 
death  laid  in. 

593.  THE  BOOK  OF  THE  EAST  and  other  Poems. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.       Boston:  Jas.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  187 1 

594.  NATHANIEL  HAWTHORNE.  Square  i6mo,  orig- 
inal wrappers.  New  York:   Chas.  Scribner's  Sons,  1879 

595.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER,  SIGNED,  i  p.  8vo,  1891, 
written  to  the  Editor  of  "  The  North  American  Review  "  with 
regard  to  an  article  on  James  Russell  Lowell;  also  with  the 
Article  in  the  North  American  Review  for  October,   1891. 

596.  RECOLLECTIONS  Personal  and  Literary.  Edited 
by  Ripley  Hitchcock.  Introduction  by  E.  C.  Stedman.  for- 
traits  and  facsimiles.      i2mo,  original  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

New  York:  A.  S.  Barnes  &  Co.,  1903 


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597.  STORY  (JOSEPH).  A  Discourse  upon  the  Life, 
Character,  and  Services  of  John  Marshall.  8vo,  original 
wrappers,  pp.  75.  Boston:  James  Munroe  and  Co.,  1835 

*  "  M7-S.  Craigie,  7vith  the  respects  of  the  Azithor,"  on  front  wrap- 
per. 

Mork0  of  Ibaniet  Bcecber  Stowe* 

598.  A  NEW  ENGLAND  SKETCH.  (A  Prize  Tale.) 
By  Miss  Harriet  E.  Beecher.  iSmo,  original  half  cloth  and 
limp  boards.  Lowell:   Published  by  Alfred  Oilman,  1834 

*  Mrs.  Stowe's  first  publication  in  book  form.  Unknown  to 
Foley.     Rare. 

599.  UNCLE  TOM'S  Cx^BIN;  or.  Life  Among  the  Lowly. 
With  illustrations.  2  vols.  i2mo.  Boston:  John  P.  Jewett  & 
Co.;  Cleveland,  C:  Jewett,  Proctor  &  Worthington,  1852. 

*  Fine  copy  in  the  original  printed  wrappers  as  issued. 
E.XCESSIVELY  rare  IN  THIS  STATE.  Encloscd  in  cloth  wrappers  in 
slip  case. 

600.  The    same.     Illustrations.      2   vols.    i2mo,    cloth 

gilt,  gilt  edges  (a  few  signatures  loose,  otherwise  good  copy). 
Boston:  John  P.  Jewett  »:!c  Co.  ;  Cleveland,  0.:  Jewett,  Proc- 
tor &  Worthington,  1852. 

*  One  of  the  few  copies  specially  bound  in  cloth  gilt  and  gilt 
edges,  making  a  difference  between  those  and  the  ordinary  issues. 

601.  PICTURES  AND  STORIES  from  Uncle  Tom's 
Cabin.  (In  Prose  and  Verse.)  Illustrations,  music,  etc. 
Small  4to,  original  printed  wrappers. 

Boston:  John  P.  Jewett  &  Co.  [1853] 

*  Fine  copy.     Rare. 

602.  THE  MAYFLOWER  or,  Scenes  and  Sketches 
among  the  Descendants  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers.  Frontispiece 
and  pictorial  title.      i6mo,  original  cloth. 

*  First  English  Edition.         London:  E.  Farrington,  1853 

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603.  LIFE  AND  LETTERS  of  Harriet  Beecher  Stowe. 
Edited  by  Annie  Fields.  Portrait.  8vo,  original  cloth  and 
label,  uncut.  Cambridge:  The  Riverside  Press,  1897 

*  Large  Paper.     No.  57  of  250  copies  printed. 


604.  SUMNER  (CHARLES).  The  Promises  of  the  Dec- 
laration OF  Independence.  Eulogy  on  Abraham  Lincoln.  8vo 
original  wrappers,  pp.  61.      Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1865 

605.  SUMNER  (CHARLES)  and  H.  W.  LONG- 
FELLOW. The  Law  of  Human  Progress  An  Oration 
before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Union  College  in  New 
York,  July  25th,  1848.      Boston:  W.  D.  Ticknor  &  Co.,  1849 

*  The  original  Manuscript  of  the  work  described  above,  written  on 
87  4to  pages,  including  MS.  title,  and  bound  in  half  morocco,  with 
2  portraits  and  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  the  author  inserted. 

Inserted  also  is  a  half  sheet  of  writing  paper  inscribed  in  the  auto- 
graphs of  both  Sumner  and  Henry  W.  Longfellow,  which  appears  to 
have  been  a  note  sent  by  the  statesman  to  the  poet  after  having  been 
suddenly  interrupted  in  a  conversation  with  him: 

"  Mr.  Sumner  will  return  soon  "  (in  Sumner's  autograph), 

"  Ses  cr/anciers  nen  seroni  pas  fach/s.  Not  being  a  man  of  rnuch 
wrait  in  the  cofnmiinity,  I  a>ii  forced  to  go  before  you  return.  Half 
past  one  o'clock  "  (in  Longfellow's  autograph). 

' '  (St"  Moi aussi  i / ^  of  -t-" 


Mortis  of  :©a\)arb  ^aplor, 

606.  XIMENA;  or,  The  Battle  of  the  Sierra  Morena,  and 
other  Poems.  By  James  Bayard  Taylor.  i2mOj  original 
boards  and  paper  label.      Philadelphia:  Herman  Hooker,  1844 

*  The  author's  first  published  volume.  Very  rare.  The 
paper  label  is  somewhat  defective,  otherwise  the  volume  is  in  an  ex- 
cellent state  of  preservation. 

607.  RHYMES  OF  TRAVEL.  Ballads  and  Poems.  Por- 
trait.     i2mo,  original  cloth,  gilt. 

New  York:  George  P.  Putnam,  1849 

*  Presentation  copy,  with  inscription  in  author's  autograph:  ^'Mrs. 
Thos.  McElrath,  with  the  compliments  of  Bayard  Taylor,  Dec.  2j, 
1848." 

608.  The  same. 

*  Fine  copy.  Scarce.  Autograph  presentation  copy  from 
the  author,  with  inscription:  "Annie  C.  Lynch,  with  the  re- 
gards of  her  friend.  Bayard  Taylor,  N'ew  York,  Dec,  22,  1848." 

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[No.  609J 


609.  MANUSCRIPT  OF  A  SONNET,  SIGNED. 

"  Now  parlour  paths  awhile,  my  more  than  friend — 

My  Brother  in  the  lonely  World  of  Thought, 

Thou,  by  the  solemn  lips  of  Poesy  taught, 
Thy  steps  through  many  a  fairy  realm  shall  wend. 
Where  brighter  fountains  dash  their  diamond  beads 

On  beds  of  amaranth,  and  thy  mounting  star 

Tops  the  imperial  hills  that  rise  afar: 
I,  with  the  desert  and  its  tameless  steeds 
Shall  mated  be — shall  start  the  eagle's  flight 

On  stormy  crags,  and  when  the  star-lamps  shine. 

Sleep  in  the  cradle  of  the  chanting  pine; — 
Yet  the  same  goal  is  ever  in  our  sight. 

And  we  shall  meet  at  last,  though  parted  long, 

Still  climbing,  side  by  side,  the  sacred  peak  of  Song. 

Bayard  Taylor. 
June  25,  1S49." 

[See  Reproduction.] 

610.  ELDORADO;  or,  Adventures  in  the  Path  of  Em- 
pire: comprising  a  Voyage  to  California;  Life  in  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Monterey;  Pictures  of  the  Gold  Region,  and  Ex- 
periences of  Mexican  Travel.  Interesting  full-page  views,  colored 
and  in  tint,  by  the  author.  2  vols.  lamo,  original  cloth,  gilt, 
46  pp.  of  advertisements.        New  York:  Geo.  P.  Putnam,  1850 

*  A  fine  and  highly  interesting  copy,  with  presentation  inscription 
in  the  author's  autograph  to  E.  P.  Whipple,  signed  and  dated  New 
York,  May,  1S50. 

611.  THE  AMERICAN  LEGEND.  A  Poem  before  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Harvard  University,  July  18, 
1850.  Published  by  request.  izmo,  original  wrappers, 
uncut.  Cambridge:  Published  by  John  Bartlett,  1850 

*  Fine  copy.     Scarce. 

612.  A  BOOK  OF  ROMANCES,  Lyrics  and  Songs. 
i2mo,  original  cloth,  top  edge  uncut. 

*  Fine  copy.         Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  1852 

613.  A  JOURNEY  TO  CENTRAL  AFRICA.    Map  and 

illustrations    by  the    author.      i2mo,    original    red    cloth    (title 

spotted).  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam  &  Co.,  1854 

*  Presentation  copy,  with  inscription  in  author's  autograph,  to  Thos. 

McElrath,  a  well-known   New  York   newspaper   man   in  the  days  of 

Horace  Greeley,  dated  New  York,  Aug.  29,  1854. 

614.  The  same.      i2mo,  original  cloth  (lacks  map). 

New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  1854 
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615.  A    VISIT    TO    INDIA,    CHINA    AND    JAPAN, 

in    the    Year     1853.       Euirraved  frontispiece  and   title.      12010, 
original  cloth.  New  York:   G.  P.  Putnam  &  Co.,  1855 

*  Fine  copy. 

616.  POEMS  OF  THE  ORIENT.  i2mo,  original  cloth, 
uncut,  with  8  pp.  of  advertisements,  dated  Oct.,  1854. 

*  Fine  copy.  Boston  :  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1855 

617.  POEMS  OF  HOME  AND  TRAVEL.  lamo,  orig- 
inal cloth,  uncut,  with  12  pp.  of  advertisements,  dated  Nov.,  1855. 

*Finecopy.  Boston:   Ticknor  &  Fields,  1855 

618.  THE  LAND  OF  THE  SARACEN.  Frontispiece, 
pictorial  title  and  map.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam  &  Co.,  1855 

619.  NORTHERN  TRAVEL:  Summer  and  Winter  Pic- 
tures of  Sweden,  Denmark  and  Lapland.  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  1858 

*Alfred  B.  Street's  copy,  with  his  autograph,  and  dated  Albany,  1859. 

620.  TRAVELS  IN  GREECE  AND  RUSSIA,  with  an 
Excursion  to  Crete.  Frontispiece  and  engraved  title.  i2mo, 
original  cloth  (back  faded).     New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  1859 

621.  AT  HOME  AND  ABROAD.  A  Sketch-Book.  Sec- 
ond Series.     Illustrated.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  1862 

622.  THE  POET'S  JOURNAL.  i2mo,  original  cloth, 
some  pp.  uncut.  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,   1863 

*  Relief  stamp  of  Brown   University  on  title.     Bookplate  of  Henry 
B.  Anthony. 

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i2mo,  original  cloth.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam,  1863 

*  Fine  copy. 

624.  PERE  ANTOINE'S  DATE  PALM.  By  Thomas 
Bailey  Aldrich.      Small  4to,  original  printed  wrappers. 

Cambridge:  Welch,  Bigelow&Co.,  1866 
*  Excessively  rare.  One  of  only  20  copies  privately  printed. 
Presentation  copy  from  the  author  to  Bayard  Taylor,  with  autograph  in- 
scription on  front  cover,  and  attached  inside  is  a  slip  in  Aldrich's  hand: 
"  This  edition  {twenty  copies  only)  of  P^re  Antoine's  Date  Palm 
was  printed  from  type  by  Mess.  Welch,  Bigelow  6r'  Co.,  as  a  speci- 
men of  typography  and  an  expression  of  their  good-ivill  towards  me. 
March 30,  iSgy.  T.  B.  Aldrich." 

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cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1866 

626.  COLORADO:    A    Summer    Trip.       i2mo,    original 
cloth.  New  York:  Geo.  P.  Putnam,  1867 

627.  BY-WAYS  OF  EUROPE.      i2mo,    original    cloth. 

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628.  BEAUTY  AND  THE  BEAST:  and  Tales  of  Home. 
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629.  THE  MASQUE  OF  THE  GODS.     i2mo,     original 
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630.  LARS:  A  PASTORAL  OF  NORWAY.  i2mo, orig- 
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631.  THE  PROPHET:  A  TRAGEDY.     i2mo,    original 
cloth.  Boston:  Jas.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1874 

632.  HOME  PASTORALS,  BALLADS  AND  LYRICS. 

i2mo,  original  cloth.        Boston:  Jas.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1875 

633.  THE  ECHO  CLUB,  and  Other  Literary  Diversions. 
i6mo,  original  cloth.         Boston:  Jas.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1876 


634.  THAXTER  (CELIA).  The  Cruise  of  the  Mys- 
tery and  other  Poems.  i2mo,  original  wrappers,  uncut, 
pp.  121.  Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1886 

*  Autograph  presentation  copy.     "  Otto  Groundman,  with 

KIND   REGARDS   OF   CeLIA   ThAXTER,     DeC,    1 886." 


MorF^6  of  Ibenr^  2).  ^borcaiu 

635.  WALDEN;  or.  Life  in  the  Woods.      Vignette  on  title. 
i2mo,  original  cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  and   Fields,  1854 

636.  EXCURSIONS.      Portrait.      T2mo,     original    cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1863 

637.  THE  MAINE  WOODS.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1864 

*  Autograph  of  S.  B.  Howell  on  title. 

638.  CAPE  COD.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1865 

*  With  the  advertisements,  pp.  22. 

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639.  LETTERS  TO   VARIOUS  PERSONS.  i2mo,ong- 

inal  cloth.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1865 

*  Fine  copy. 


640.  TIMROD  (HENRY).  Timrod  Souvenir.  Portrait 
on  Japan  paper.  8vo,  three-quarter  crushed  levant  morocco, 
gilt  top,  original  covers  bound  in. 

Aiken,  S.  C.  :  Palmetto  Press,  1901 

*  Memorial  Poem  by  Henry  Austen;  At  Timrod's  Grave,  by  Carl 
McKinley,  and  The  Promise,  by  W.  A.  Courtenay.  Limited  to  450 
copies  on  Whatman  paper. 

641.  TRUMBULL  (JOHN).  M'Fingal:  A  Modern  Epic 
Poem,  in  Four  Cantos.  i2mo,  sewn,  uncut  (last  leaf  some- 
what frayed).   Hartford  :  Printed  by  Hudson  &  Goodwin,  1 782 

642. The  same.      i2mo,  sewn. 

643.  TRUMBULL  (JOHN).  Autobiography,  Reminis- 
cences and  Letters,  1756-1841.  Portrait.,  map  and  plates.  8vo, 
original  cloth,  uncut. 

New  York  and  London:  Wiley  and  Putnam,  1841 

644.  TUCKERMAN  (HENRY  T.).  Artist-Life;  or 
Sketches  of  American  Painters.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  Appleton  &  Co.,  1847 

645.  WALDO  (S.  PUTNAM).  Memoirs  of  Andrew  Jack- 
son,    Portrait.      i2mo,  original  sheep, 

Hartford:  J.  &  W.  Russell,  1819, 

*  With  the  very  rare  portrait  of  Jackson,  by  Reed  and  Scoles. 


Morns  of  Cbaiics  DuMe^  Marncr. 

646.  BACKLOG  STUDIES.    Illustrated.      i2mo,  original 
cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,   1873 

*  Laid  in  is  a  very  interesting  3-page  letter  from  Warner  to  Os- 
good with  reference  to  the  publication  of  the  above,  mentioning  the 
illustrator,  etc, 

647.  IN  THE  LEVANT.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  1877 

648.  BEING  A  BOY.      Illustrated  by    '' Champ:'       i2mo, 
original  cloth.  Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1878 

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649.  CAPTAIN  JOHN  SMITH   (1579-1631):  A  Study  of 
his  Life  and  Writings.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:   Henry  Holt  and  Co.,  1881 

650.  THE   WORK  OF  WASHINGTON   IRVING. 

Portraits.      24mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:   Harper  and  Bros.,  1893 


651.  [WETMORE  (PROSPER  M.).]  Lexington,  with 
other  Fugitive  Poems.      8vo,  half  morocco. 

New  York:  G.  C.  &  H.  Carvill,  1830 

*  Autograph  presentation  copy  from  the  Author  :  "  To 
Mr.  R.  C.  McCormick,  from  P.  W.  Wetmore,  7  Octr.  1S30." 

652.  WETMORE  (PROSPER  M.).  The  Atlantic 
Souvenir,  for  183 1.  Illustrated.  i2mo,  full  morocco,  gilt 
edges.  Philadelphia:  Carey  and  Lea,  1831 

*  Contains  "  Remember  Me"  and  "' Sonnet  to  Felicia  Hemans  " 
by  Wetmore  ;  also  contributions  by  Willis  and  others. 

653.  WHIPPLE  (EDWIN  P.).  Essays  and  Reviews. 
2  vols.  i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  D.  Appleton  and  Co.,  1848 

*  Essays  on  Old  English  Dramatists,  Poets  and  Poetry  of  America, 
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regard  to  Autographs. 

654.  WHIPPLE  (EDWIN  P.).  Lectures  on  subjects 
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Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1850 

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tioning N.  P.  Willis. 

655.  WHITE  (RICHARD  GRANT).  National  Hymns, 
how  they  are  written  and  how  they  are  not  written.  8vo, 
original  cloth.  New  York:  Rudd  and  Carleton,  1861 

*  With  a  3-page  letter  from  Richard  Grant  White  inserted  relating 
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unkind,  a  mean  or  a  dishonorable  action,  so  I  do  not  fear  but  reason 
will  soon  teach  hi?n  the  importance  of  conforming  to  rule  and  dis- 
cipline." 

656.  [WHITE  (RICHARD  GRANT).]  The  Book-Hun- 
TER,  etc.  By  John  Hill  Burton.  With  Additional  Notes  by 
Richard  Grant  White.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  Sheldon  and  Co.,  1863 
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657.  WHITE  (RICHARD  GRANT).  Memoirs  of  the 
Life  of  Shakespeare,  with  an  Essay  toward  the  Expression 
of  his  Genius.      i2mo^  original  cloth. 

Boston:   Little,  Brown  and  Co.,  1S65 

658.  WHITE  (RICHARD  GRANT).  The  New  Gospel 
OF  Peace,  according  to  St.  Benjamin.  12010,  new  boards, 
with  one  of  the  original  wrappers  bound  in. 

New  York:  Sinclair  Tousey  [1868] 
*  Four  parts  (all  issued).     Fernando  Wood  (Mayor  of  New  York) 
appears  as  "  Phernandivvud.'" 

659.  WHITE  (RICHARD  GRANT).  The  Chronicles 
OF  Gotham.     Two  parts,  i2mo,  original  wrappers. 

New  York:  G.  W.  Carleton  and  Co.,  187 1-2 


mov\{e  ot  Malt  Mbitman. 

660.  FRANKLIN  EVANS.  Folio,  sewed,  pp.  33.  (The 
New  World.)  Extra  Series,  Vol.  2,  No.  10,  Nov.,  1842. 
Extracted  from  the  bound  volume. 

*  The  Very  Rare  Original  Issue  of  Walt  Whitman's  First 
Book.  Very  few  copies  have  been  offered  at  auction,  the  last  ap- 
parently being  the  one  sold  in  these  rooms  in  October,  1906,  for  $43. 
This  is  the  exact  form  in  which  it  first  was  issued,  as  a  supplement 
to  the  periodical.  Laid  in  is  a  leaf  of  the  "  New  World"  of  Decem- 
ber 3,  advertising  "  Franklin  Evans."  [Also  see  Dickens'  American 
Notes,  No.  772.] 

661.  THE  AMERICAN  REVIEW,  May  and  June,  1845. 
Portrait  of  J.  Q.  Adams.  Two  pieces,  8vo,  original  num- 
bers. New  York:  Wiley  and  Putnam,  1845 

*  Contains  "The  Boy-Lover"  and  "Death  of  Wind-Foot "  by 
Whitman. 

662.  LEAVES  OF  GRASS.  Portrait  (with  tinted  bor- 
der). i2mo,  original  cloth  (somewhat  worn,  and  soiled  in 
places).  Boston:  Thayer  and  Eldridge  [1860-1] 

*  Genuine  First  Issue  of  the  Boston  Edition.  Many  of  the 
Poems  (154)  comprising  this  issue  appear  here  for  the  first  time  in 
book  form.    Autograi'H  Presentation  Copy  from  the  Author, 

with     INSCRIPTION:      "  R.     J.      rilNTON,     WITH     ESTEEM     OF    WaLT 

Whitman."    Pasted  in  is  an  envelope  with  "  Whispers  of  Heavenly 
Death  "  written  on  in  Whitman's  hand. 
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For  the  Eternal  Ocean  \  mnd, 

These  ripples,  passing  surges,  streams  of  Death  and  Life. 


TWO 


RIVULETS 


Induing  Dem^eatic  Vistas,  Otm^ssmui. 

^     SOITQO,  and  I^ASSAGE  TO  INDIA. 


AUTHOR'S  EDITION. 
CAMDEN,   NEW    JERSEY. 

1876. 


[No.  668] 


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663.  LEAVES  OF  GRASS.  The  same.  i2mo,  orig- 
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another  having  been  inserted  (and  title). 

[Boston:  Thayer  and  Eldridge,  1860-1] 

*  Rare,  in  wrappers.  Autograph  Presentation  Copy  from 
THE  Author,  with  inscription;— "Merrill  G.  Wheelock.  with 
BEST  regards  OF  Walt  WHITMAN,"  On  the  outside  wrapper. 

664.  DEMOCRATIC  VISTAS.  8vo,  original  printed 
wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  84. 

Washington  [Smith  and  McDougal],  187  i 

*  Presentation  Copy  from  the  Author  and  with  MS.  cor- 
rection IN  his  autograph:—"  Mrs.  Botta  [Anne  Lynch],  from 
the  Author,"  and  with  "  When  the  hundredth  year,"  on  page  60, 
altered  in  Whitman's  autograph  to  "Long  ere  the  secotzd  cen- 
tennial. " 

665.  PASSAGE  TO  INDIA.  Svo,  original  printed  wrap- 
pers, uncut  (back  worn),  pp.  120. 

Washington  [Smith  and  McDougal],  1871 

*  Autograph  Presentation  Copy  from  the  Author,  with 
inscription:— "Richard  J.  Hinton,  from  his  friend,' Walt 
Whitman." 

666.  LEAVES  OF  GRASS.     i2mo,  original  cloth  (worn). 

Washington:  [Smith  and  McDougal],  1872 

*  This  edition  includes  the  "Passage  to  India."  Autograph 
presentation  from  the  author:  "  ^.  /.  //mton  from  Walt 
Whittnan,  with  his  love,    Washington,  April,  1S72." 

667.  AS    A    STRONG    BIRD    ON    PINIONS    FREE. 

i2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut.      With  the  Advertisements,  pp.  8. 
Washington:   [S.  W.  Green,  printer],  1872 

*  Fine  copy.  Autograph  presentation  copy  from  the 
author:  -'Dr.  R.M.  Bucke,  from  Walt  Whitman."  With  book- 
plate of  Dr.  Bucke,  who  was  Whitman's  biographer. 

668.  TWO  RIVULETS,  Including  Democratic  Vistas,  Cen- 
tennial Songs,  and  Passage  to  India.  Post  Svo,  contemporary 
half  calf  gilt,  only  100  copies  issued.  Text  followed  by 
Whitman's  "Leaf  of  Advertisement." 

Author  s  Edition.      Camden,  New  Jersey,  1876 
*A  Copy  of  remarkable  interest,  being  Walt  Whitman's 
OWN  copy  (for  which  he  helped  set  the  type  in  the  Camden  print- 
ing office)  prepared  by  him  for  another  edition,  with  many  cor- 
rections, erasures  and  additions  in  his  hand  and  with  a  cabinet 


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photograph  inserted  which  he  has  signed  and  on  which  he  has 
written  the  date  of  his  birth,  May  31,  1819.  No  revised  edition 
of  Two  Rivulets  has  been  issued,  though  many  of  the  separate 
poems  have  appeared  in  later  editions. 

So  NUMEROUS  ARE  HIS  ALTERATIONS  AND  ADDITIONS  that  it  is  im- 
possible to  mention  more  than  a  few,  and  as  some  of  them  ap- 
parciitly  have  never  been  printed,  their  importance  will  readily 
be  recognized.  The  original  title-page  commences  with  a  two- 
line  verse,  but  WTiitman  has  added  another  couplet: 

(Thou,  Reader,   rambling  hither. 

My   living   hand    I   hereby   clasp   in   thine.) 

In  addition  he  has  scored  through  the  words  "Centennial  Songs" 
and  written  above  "Memoranda  of  the  JVar"  (See  Reproduction). 
In  the  preface  he  has  scored  on  both  margins  the  passage  begin- 
ning "Then  I  meant  Leaves  of  Grass,  as  published,  to  be  the  Poem 
of  Identity,  etc.",  evidently  for  the  purpose  of  emphasizing  the 
statement.  A  passage  in  the  Preface  (page  13)  wherein  he  writes 
of  recognizing  the  still  higher  fact  "The  Eternal  Soul  of  Man" 
is  emphasized  in  the  same  manner.  Other  passages  throughout 
the  volume  are  similarly  marked,  with  some  word  added  or  struck 
out,  indicating  his  latest  beliefs  or  aspirations;  very  few  are 
changed — the  alterations  being  more  in  the  nature  of  confirmation 
or  emphasis. 

One  of  the  best-known  of  Whitman's  poems  is  the  famous  Cen- 
tennial Song:  "After  all,  not  to  create  only,"  and  it  is  apparent 
that  the  author  had  been  intently  considering  this.  The  first 
verse  is  lightly  pencilled  through,  whether  or  not  for  the  purpose 
of  omission  it  is  difficult  to  tell,  and  at  the  top  of  the  page  he  has 
written  the  following  additional  verse  [part  of  which  appears 
in  later  editions]  : 

"Labor's  religious  temples  these ! 

Ah,  little  recks  the  laborer 

How  near  his  work  is  holding  him  to  God, 

The  Laborer  of  Time,  Space,  All." 

In  the  third  verse  Whitman  has  struck  out  all  the  lines  after  the 
words  "She  comes"  and  in  the  same  way  later  has  scored  through 
the  lines  "And  I  can  hear  ivhat  may-be  you  do  not,"  etc.,  ending 
with  "journey'd  considerable,"  apparently  indicating  Whitman's 
extreme  dissatisfaction  with  this  poem.  Other  lines  are  scored 
over  to  be  omitted  from  later  editions,  some  of  which  have  been 
retained. 

On  the  reverse  of  the  title  of  "As  a  Strong  Bird  on  Pinions 
Free"  Whitman  has  written  several  lines  evidently  intended  as 
notes  for  an  introduction.  Many  words  are  rewritten,  making  in- 
coherent commencement,  though  the  sense  is  plain  enough:  "All 
my  poems  merging  and  finishing  in  the  meditations  of  Passage  to 

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hidia  as  the  embouchure  and  finish  and  final  explanation  of  all 
that  have  gone  before,  and  the  final"  (not  concluded). 

"Memoranda  During  the  War"  he  has  left  practically  un- 
touched, but  one  alteration  having  been  made.  That  is  in  the 
account  of  the  assassination  of  Lincoln,  referring  to  the  play  ("Our 
American  Cousin")  he  writes  of  it  as  a  "singularly  ivritten  com- 
position," "written"  he  has  changed  to  "witless." 

On  "Ashes  of  Soldiers"  he  has  pencilled  "JVritten  March  1870," 
and  on  President  Lincoln's  Burial  Hymn,  "JFhen  Lilacs  last  in  the 
Dooryard  bloomed,"  he  has  pencilled  "JVritten  May  1866." 

The  commencement  of  "A  Carol  of  Harvest  for  l86y"  evidently 
did  not  satisfy  him,  for  it  has  been  struck  out  and  then  marked 
"stet"  (for  the  printer  to  leave  as  written).  Another  verse  is 
written  in  ink  at  the  top  of  the  page,  and  another  version  of  the 
same  verse  pencilled  on  a  slip  of  paper  that  he  has  pasted  in,  with 
one  or  two  notes  on  the  leaf  opposite  referring  to  the  same.  First, 
apparently,  the  title  had  been  thought  over,  and  as  alternative 
titles  he  has  written 

"A  Harvest  Carol,"  and 

"A  Western  Harvest  Song  the  year  following  Peace." 

A  line  "As  at  thy  Portals  Death"  has  also  been  written  as  a  sug- 
gestion, but  altered  to 

"No  more  the   Wars  and  Deaths 
I  lately    {or  erenvhile)    chanted." 

The  verse  as  written  in  ink,  and  presumably  as  his  final  thought 
is  as  follows: 

"A  song  no  more  of  the  War! 
A  song  of  the  teeming  harvest  following  close 
A  song  of  the  serried  regiments  changed  by  magic 
A  song  of  the  good  green  grass." 

These  additions  and  alterations  are  fundamental  data  in  the 
study  of  Whitman's  writings;  no  criticism  can  be  of  permanent 
value  without  their  being  taken  into  consideration.  Future  essay- 
ists of  the  "Good  Gray  Poet"  should  study  this  volume  with  all 
Whitman's  alterations  and  corrections  in  forming  an  estimate  of 
his  position  in  the  literature  of  America. 

Whitman  presented  this  copy  to  Sidney  Morse,  the  sculptor,  and 
later  it  passed  into  the  possession  of  E.  T.  Billings,  the  Boston 
artist. 

[See  Reproduction.] 

669.  NOVEMBER  BOUGHS.     Portrait.       8vo,   original 
cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut.  Philadelphia:   David  McKay,  1888 

*  Autograph  presentation  copy  from  the  author:  "  Walt 
Whitman  to  Julian  Scott  of  Plainjield,  N.  J..  Jttly  24,  iSgi." 

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mov\\B  ot  3obn  (5.  Mbltticr. 

670.  INCIDENTAL  POEMS,  accompanied  with  Letters 
and  a  few  Select  Pieces,  mostly  Original,  for  their  Illustra- 
tion. Together  with  a  Preface  and  Sketch  of  the  Author's 
Life.  By  Robert  Dinsmoor,  the  *'  Rustic  Bard."  i2mo, 
original  half  cloth  and  boards,  with  paper  label,  totally  uncut 
(corner  of  margin  of  p.  3  torn). 

Haverhill:  A.  W.  Thayer,  Printer,  1828 

*  Rare.  Contains  the  first  poem  by  Whittier  printed  in  a  bool<: 
"J.  G.  Whittier  to  the  '  Rustic  Bard,'"  which  has  never  been  re- 
printed.     Fine  copy. 

671.  THE  YANKEE,  edited  by  John  Neal.      March  5,  19, 

Nov.  19  (1828),  and  Jan.  8,  15,  22,  29,  Feb.  5,  19,  May  7,  and 

June  II  (1829)  (some  nos.  stained). 

Portland  and  Boston,  1828-9 

*  Many  of  the  early  poems  of  Whittier  appeared  in  the  pages  of 
this  publication. 

672.  MOLL  PITCHER,  a  Poem.  8vo,  handsomely  bound 
in  full  green  crushed  levant,  gilt  tooled  on  back  and  sides, 
inside  gold  borders,  gilt  top,  by  Bradstreets.      Boston,  1832 

*  Very  rare.  With  a  copy  of  the  author's  letter  (18S4)  in  regard 
to  the  work  inserted:  "  I  doubt  whether  any  copy  of  Moll  Pitcher  is 
extant.     It  7vas  a  mere  pamphlet  and  only  a  feto  copies  printed." 

6y2,-  The     same.      Reprint.      In     cloth     covers,    with 

leather  label.  Boston:   Carter  and  Hendee,  1832  (reprint) 

674.  THE  LITERARY  REMAINS  OF  JOHN  G.  C. 
BRAINARD,  with  a  Sketch  of  his  Life.  i2mo,  original 
cloth,  and  with  the  paper  label  (slightly  rubbed). 

Hartford:   P.  B.  Goodsell  [1832] 

*With   the  book-label   of  Timothy  Allen,  Springfield,  Mass.,  and 

with  his  autograph.     After   Brainard's  death  Whittier  became  editor 

of  the  paper  that  Brainard  had  conducted  at  Hartford.     The  Sketch 

of  the  Life  of  Brainard  was  written  by  Whittier. 

675.  MOGG  MEGONE,  a  Poem.  32mo,  original  cloth, 
name  in  gilt  on  side,  some  leaves  uncut,  names  in  faint  ink 
on  title,  and  recased.  Boston:  Light  and  Stearns,  1836 

■■'Fine  copy.     Very  rare.     ''  Alogg  Megone"  has   never  been 

published  in  any  collected  edition  of  the  author's  works.      It  was  first 

issued  serially  in   "  The  New  England  Magazine  "  for  1835,  and  was 

the  first  bound  volume  exclusively  of  verse  issued  by  Whittier.     He 

8) 


Wiovhs  of  5obn  6.  Mbtttier 

tried  persistently,  but  unsuccessfully,  to  suppress  it.  In  a  letter 
written  to  Lucy  Hooper  in  1S37  the  autlior  says  in  part:  ".  .  .  I  send 
thee  a  copy  of  '  Mogg  Megone.'  .  .  .  It  is  not,  I  fear,  calculated 
to  do  good.  Bui  a  small  edition,  hozvever,  -was  printed,  and  it  is  some 
satisfaction  to  believe  that  it  cannot  do  much  evil." 

676.  NARRATIVE     OF     JAMES     WILLIAMS.     An 

American  Slave,  who  was  for  several  Years  a  Driver  on  a 
Cotton  Plantation  in  Alabama.  Portrait  of  Williams  engraved 
by  Patrick  Reason  [a  negro].      24mo,   original  figured  cloth. 

New  York:  American  Anti-Slavery  Society,  1838 

*  Rare  First  Issue  of  the  First  Edition,  published  anony- 
mously and  written  when  Whittier  was  visiting  his  friend,  J.  W. 
Hill,  of  New  York.  The  "gentleman"  referred  to  on  p.  98  is  in 
all  probability  Mr.  Hill. 

In  "  Proceedings  of  the  American  Anti-Slavery  Society  "  (New 
York,  1864)  there  is  a  catalogue  of  the  Anti-Slavery  Publications  in 
America  from  1750  to  1863,  in  which  this  book  is  stated  to  have  been 
'  drawn  up  by  Whittier,'  and  in  a  letter  written  by  Whittier  he  ac- 
knowledges his  connection  with  the  book. — Arnold  Catalogue. 

dyj.  The   same.      In   specially   made  slip   cover,  with 

leather  label.  The  rare  second  issue,  having  printer's  name 
on  the  reverse  of  title,  etc.  Bound  in  original  boards,  cloth 
back,  with  printed  label. 

New  York;  American  Anti-Slavery  Society,  1838 

*  The  Arnold  copy.  Enclosed  in  a  full  green  morocco  solander 
case,    richly  tooled,    by   Bradstreet.     Mr.  Chamberlain   stated  that 

ALL    COPIES    IN    BOARDS    ARE    REISSUES. 

678.  The  same.      A  fine  copy  of  the  third  issue  in 

THE  original  PRINTED  WRAPPERS.  The  title  On  the  front 
wrapper  reads  "Authentic  Narrative,"  etc.  The  work  was 
entirely  re-set  and  stereotyped  at  the  foundry  of  Geo.  A. 
and  J.  Curtis.  The  portrait  was  also  re-engraved  and  litho- 
graphed by  Moore  of  Boston.  1 2mo,  wrappers.  New  York  and 
Boston:  Amer.  Anti-Slavery  Society  and  Isaac  Knapp,  1838. 

*  Very  rare  in  this  state.  This  issue  embodies  all  the  cor- 
rections in  the  second  New  York  edition.  ''Mrs.  Susan  Daggett, 
please  circulate,'"  written  on  front  wrapper. 

679.  HISTORY  OF  PENNSYLVANIA  HALL,  which 
was  destroyed  by  a  Mob  on  the  17th  of  May,  1838.  2  vieivs 
of  the  Hall  {one  a  mezzotint  of  the  Hall  in  Flames).  8vo,  origi- 
nal cloth  (lacks  frontispiece).  Philadelphia,  1838 

*  Presentation  copy,  with  inscription  from  the  managers  of  Penn- 
sylvania Hall: — "  Presented  by  the  Managers  and  Stockholders  of  the 

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Pennsylvania  Hall  Association  to  Walter  Foriuard."  See  pp.  52 
and  96  for  Letters  from  Walter  Forward.  Contains  the  Poetical 
Address  by  Whittier.  The  Offices  of  the  "  Pennsylvania  Freeman  " 
(of  which  Whittier  was  editor)  were  in  the  basement  of  Pennsyl- 
vania Hall. 

680.  AN  ADDRESS  to  the  Members  of  the  Religious 
Society  of  Friends  on  the  propriety  of  abstaining  from  the 
use  of  the  produce  of  Slave  Labor.  lamo,  wrappers  (some- 
what stained).  Philadelphia:  Printed  by  Merrihew  and  Gunn, 
No.  7  Carter's  Alley,  1838. 

*  Found  in  Mr.  Chamberlain's  W^hittier  collection,  but  the  evi- 
dence not  complete  to  prove  it  a  Whittier  item. 

681.  POEMS.  i2mo,  original  figured  cloth,  lettered  on 
side.  Philadelphia,  1838 

*  With  the  exception  of  a  few  very  slight  fox-marks,  A  fine  copy. 
Rare. 

682.  THE  NORTH  STAR;  The  Poetry  of  Freedom,  by 
her  Friends.    i2mo,  original  lettered  boards  (new  cloth  back). 

Philadelphia,  1840 

*  Scarce.  Edited  anonymously  by  Whittier,  who  contributed  the 
Poems  "  The  Exiles,  a  Tale  of  New  England,"  "  The  World's  Con- 
vention," and  possibly  "  Granada."  James  T.  Fields,  Whittier's 
sister  Elizabeth,  and  John  Pierpont  were  also  contributors. 

The  poem  "  Egypt"  by  Miss  I>loyd,  to  whom  Whittier  was  said 
to  have  been  betrothed,  was  extensively  altered  by  him. 

683.  LAYS  OF  MY  HOME,  and  other  Poems.  i2mo, 
original  boards,  uncut,  with  the  paper  label  (one  joint  weak). 
With  the  advertisements,  pp.  6,  at  the  end.  Boston,  1843 

*  Rare,  in  boards,  uncut.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  this 
volume  of  verse  was  the  first  book  for  which  the  author  received 
any  remuneration,  all  his  previous  collections  having  been  of  limited 
circulation,  or  issued  in  aid  of  "  the  cause." 

684.  THE  STRANGER  IN  LOWELL.  i2mo,  half  green 
crushed  levant  morocco  extra,  gilt  top,  with  the  half  title. 

*  Fine  COPY.     Scarce.  Boston,   1845 

685.  THE  SUPERNATURALISM  OF  NEW  ENG- 
LAND. i2mo,  original  wrappers  (slight  water-stain  on 
several  pp.  New  York  and  London,  1847 

*  Rare  in  wrappers. 


Morhs  of  5obu  G.  Mbittier 

686.  LEAVES  FROM  MARGARET  SMITH'S  JOUR- 
NAL in  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  1678-9.  lamo, 
original  cloth  (back  faded). 

Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1849 

687.  POEMS.      Portrait^    engraved  title   and  plates   on    steel 

after  designs  by  H.  Billings.      8vo,  original  red   cloth  gilt,  gilt 

edges.  Boston,  1849 

*  Includes  some  Poems  now  first  published  and  collected. 


\.  OLD  PORTRAITS  AND  MODERN  SKETCHES. 

i2mo,  original  cloth,  uncut.    With  the  advertisements,  pp.  4, 

Boston,  1850 

689.  SONGS  OF  LABOR,  and  other  Poems.  lamo, 
original  cloth,  Boston,  1850 

*  No  advertisements  were  issued  with  the  cloth  copies. 

690.  THE  CHAPEL  OF  THE  HERMITS,  and  other 
Poems.  i2mo,  original  cloth.  With  the  advertisements,  pp. 
12.  Boston:  Ticknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1853 

691.  LITERARY  RECREATIONS  AND  MISCEL- 
LANIES.     i2mo,  original  cloth.  Boston,  1854 

*  Fine  copy,  with  the  advertisements,  pp.  8. 

692.  THE  PANORAMA,  and  other  Poems.  i2mo,  orig- 
inal cloth.  Boston,  1856 

*  The  proposed  course  of  Lectures  that  were  to  be  delivered  in 
Tremont  Temple,  Boston,  during  the  Winter  of  1855-6,  prompted 
Whittier  to  write  the  "Panorama,"  which  was  read  by  Thomas 
Starr  King  at  the  opening  Lecture. 

693.  THE  TENT  ON  THE  BEACH,  and  other  Poems. 
i2mo,  original  cloth,  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1867 

*  First  issue.     Fine  copy. 

694.  AMONG  THE  HILLS,  and  other  Poems.  Illus- 
trated.     i2mo,  original  cloth. 

*  First  Issue.       Boston:  Fields,  Osgood  and  Co.,  1869 

695.  MIRIAM  and  other  Poems.  Illustrated.  i2mo, 
original  cloth  (stamp  on  title). 

Boston:    Fields,  Osgood  and  Co.,  187 1 

*  Genuine  first  issue,  with  the  Imprint. 

696.  THE  JOURNAL  OF  JOHN  WOOLMAN,  with  an 
Introduction  by  Whittier.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  187 1 


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697.  THE  PENNSYLVANIA  PILGRIM,  and  other 
Poems.     Illustrated.      lamo,  original  clotii.  Boston,  1872 

*  The  Poem  tells  the  story  of  the  German  Pastorius  who,  in  1663, 
brought  a  colony  of  Germans  to  Pennsylvania,  joined  the  Society  of 
Friends,  and  was  the  author  of  the  first  protest  made  by  any  re- 
ligious body  against  slavery. 

698.  HAZEL-BLOSSOMS.  Frontispiece  and  vignette  on 
title.      i2mo,  original  cloth.  Boston,  1875 

*  The  joint  production  of  Whittier  and  his  sister  Elizabeth. 

699.  PROCEEDINGS  AT  THE  DEDICATION  OF 
THE  HAVERHILL  PUBLIC  LIBRARY.  November  11, 
1875;  and  Report  of  the  Trustees  to  the  City  of  Haverhill, 
January  i,  1876.      8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  43. 

Haverhill:  G.  C.  Morse  and  Son,  1876 

*  Printed  here  is  Whittier's  letter  to  Hon.  Alpheus  Currier,  Mayor 
of  Haverhill.  With  autograph  note  (directions  to  a  printer,  but  not 
relating  to  this  pamphlet)  from  Whittier  laid  in. 

700.  FITZ-GREENE  HALLECK:  Poem  of  14  Stanzas  of 
4  lines  each,  written  for  the  Inauguration  of  the  Halleck 
Statue  in  Central  Park,  New  York  City,  May  ist,  1877,  pp.  4; 
also  The  Invitation  to  attend  the  Ceremony,  pp.  4.      i2mo. 

[1877] 

*  Extremely  rare.  Autograph  signature:  "John  G.  Whit- 
tier," on  cover.  First  appearance  in  print  of  this  poem. 
Only  a  small  number  were  privately  printed  for  the  author,  being 
probably  intended  for  the  Committee  (headed  by  W.  C.  Bryant),  and 
special  guests.     In  specially  made  lettered  cloth  case. 

701.  The  same. 

*  Extremely  RARE.  Autograph  signature,  ^^  John  C.  Whittier  " 
on  cover. 

702.  INDIAN  CIVILIZATION:  A  Lecture  by  Stanley 
Pumphrey  of  England.  With  an  Introduction  by  John  G. 
Wliittier.      8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  52  (no  map). 

Philadelphia,  1877 

703.  THE  VISION  OF  ECHARD  and  other  Poems. 
i2rno,  original  cloth.  Boston,   187S 

704.  THE  KING'S  MISSIVE,  and  other  Poems.  Por- 
trait.     i2mo,  original  cloth.  Boston,  1881 

705.  THE  BAY  OF  SEVEN  ISLANDS,  and  other 
Poems.  Portrait.  i2mo,  original  cloth  [advertisements, 
pp.  16].  Boston,  1883 

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706.  PROCEEDINGS  AT  THE  PRESENTATION  OF 
A  PORTRAIT   OF  JOHN   GREENLEAF  WHITTIER 

to    Friends'  School,    Providence,   R.  I.,  Tenth   Month,  24th, 
1884.      Portraits  and  vieiv.      8vo,  original  wrappers,  pp.  92. 

*  Contains   Letter   from   Whittier,    the   Sonnet    "New   England's 

Poet  Rich  in  Love  and  Years,"  also  Letters  by  Lowell,  Holmes,  and 

others. 

707.  SAINT    GREGORY'S    GUEST    AND    RECENT 
POEMS.     Third  Edition.      i2mo,  original  wrappers,  uncut, 

Boston:  The  Riverside  Press,  Cambridge,  1887 


Mor{i6  of  matbanicl  parker  Millie. 

708.  THE  MEMORIAL.  A  Christmas  and  New  Year's 
Offering.  Edited  by  F.  S.  Hill.  Illustrated.  i6mo,  original 
cloth,  gilt  edges  (worn).  Boston:  True  and  Green  [1826] 

*  Scarce.    Contains  "  Hagar  in  the  Wilderness,"  and  "  To. . .  .," 
by  "Roy"  [N.  P.  Willis]  ;  also  Poems  by  other  contemporary  writers. 

709.  SKETCHES  (Poems).  8vo,  original  half  cloth,  and 
boards,  with  paper  label.  Boston:   S.  C.  Goodrich,  1827 

*  In  lilac  boards. 

710.  FUGITIVE  POETRY.  8vo,  original  blue  boards, 
uncut,  with  printed  label  (large)  on  side. 

Boston:   Pierce  and  Williams,  1829 

*  Fine  Copy.     With  errata  on  reverse  of  p.  91. 

711.  THE  ATLANTIC  SOUVENIR  for  1829.  Illus- 
trated. i2mo,  original  boards  (covers  loose),  in  original  case 
of  boards.  Philadelphia,  1829 

*  Contains  "  April,"  by  Willis,  with  contributions  by  Paulding  and 
others. 

712.  THE  TOKEN.  Edited  by  N.  P.  Willis.  Plates,  in- 
cluding tJie  capture  of  Maj.  Andre ^  portrait  of  Washington,  etc. 
i6mo,  original  silk  binding,  gilt  edges  (somewhat  worn). 

Boston:  S.  G.  Goodrich,  1829 

713.  THE     AMERICAN     MONTHLY     MAGAZINE. 

Vol.   I,  No.  I.    8vo,  original  printed  wrappers,  uncut.      With 
the  advertisements,  pp,  8.    Boston:  Peirce  and  Williams,  1829 

*  Edited    by   Willis.     Presentation    copy   from    him,    with 

INSCRIPTION  IN  his  AUTOGRAPH:   "  To  Mrs.  Louisa  P.  Smith,  with 

the  compliments  of  the  Editor.'"     [A  Review  by  Willis  of  her  poems 

appears  on  pp.  68-69.] 

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714.  POEM  delivered  before  the  Society  of  United  Brothers 
at  Brown  University,  on  the  day  preceding  Commencement, 
Sept.  6,  1831,  with  other  Poems.  8vo,  original  cloth,  paper 
label.  New  York:  J.  and  J.  Harper,  183 1 

*  With  portrait  of  tiie  author,  and  two  Letters  Signed  laid  in. 
These  letters  were  prepared  by  Willis  to  assist  him  in  answering  let- 
ters from  strangers. 

715.  PENCILLINGS  BY  THE  WAY.  3  vols.  i2mo, 
origmal  boards  and  labels, uncut.    London:  John  Macrone,  1835 

*  First  English  and  Best  Edition. 

716.  ORIGINAL  MANUSCRIPT  SIGNED  of  Willis's 
Preface  to  the  London  Edition  of  Theodore  S.  Fay's  First 
Work.      2  pp.  4to.  London,  Oct.,  1835 

*  The  complete  MS.  of  Willis' Prefatory  Note  to  Fay's  first  book, 
reprinted  in  London  the  year  of  issue. 

717.  MELANIE,  and  other  Poems.  Portrait.  i2mo,  orig- 
inal (green)  cloth.  New  York:  Saunders  and  Otley,  1837 

718.  AL'ABRI;  or,  The  Tent  Pitch'd,  i2mo,  original 
cloth.  New  York  :   Samuel  Colman,  1839 

*  Presentation  copy  from  the  author,  with  inscription: 
"  Mrs.  Edivard  Curtis,  'with  the  sincerest  regards  of  the  Author." 

719.  TORTESA  THE  USURER:  A  Play.  i2mo,  orig- 
inal wrappers,  pp.  149,  with  the  advertisements  (name  on 
title  and  water-stained).       New  York:  Samuel  Colman,  1839 

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720.  THE  SACRED  POEMS  OF  N.  P.  WILLIS.  (The 
only  complete  edition  ever  published).  Royal  8vo,  original 
wrappers,  uncut,  pp.  16.    NewYork:  Morris,  Willis  &  Co.,  1843 

*  Fine  copy  of  the  New  Mirror  Extra. 

721.  LECTURE  ON  FASHION,  delivered  before  the 
New  York  Lyceum,  June,  1844.  Royal  8vo,  original  pictorial 
wrappers,  uncut  and  unopened,  pp.   16. 

New  York:   Morris  and  Willis  [1844] 

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722.  RURAL  LETTERS,  and  other  Records  of  Thought 
at  Leisure.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

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on  Board  an  American  Frigate,      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

Detroit:   Kerr,  Doughty,  and  Lapham,  1853 

*  An  unusual  imprint. 

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724.  FAMOUS  PERSONS  AND  PLACES.   i2mo,  origi- 
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725.  OUT-DOORS  AT  IDLEWILD.       i2mo,      original 
cloth.  New  York:  Charles  Scribner,  1855 

726.  PAUL  FANE.     A  Novel.      i2mo,  original  cloth. 

New  York:  C.  Scribner,  1857 

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"  To  Mrs,  J.  A.  Bro7vnell,  with  the  best  compliments  of  her  friend. 
The  Author,    Washington,  Feb.  24,  1862." 

727.  ORIGINAL  AUTOGRAPH  MANUSCRIPT,       20 

pp.     4to:    "The  Icy  Veil,  or  The    Keys  to  Three  Hearts 
Thought  Cold."     Signed. 

*  A  FINE  Willis  Manuscript. 


728.  WINTER  (WILLIAM).  The  Queen's  Domain,  and 
other  Poems.      i2mo,  original  cloth, 

Boston:   E.  O.  Libby  and  Co.,  1859 

*  The  McKee  copy,  with  bookplate. 

729.  AMERICAN  AUTHORS.  Catalogue  of  First 
Editions  of  American  Authors,  by  Leon  and  Bros.  8vo, 
original  wrappers,  uncut.      New  York:  Leon  and  Bros.,  1885 

730.  AMERICAN  BOOK  CLUBS.  Their  Beginning  and 

History  and    a  Bibliography   of  their   Publications.      By  A. 

Growall.      i2mo,  half  russia,  uncut. 

New  York:  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.,  1897 

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731.  AMERICAN  BOOK  PRICES  CURRENT.  Vol- 
ume II  for  1896.  8vo, cloth.    NewYork:  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.,  1896 

*  Limited  to  600  copies. 

732.  Volume      HI  for  1897, 


72>?> 
734 
735 
736 
737 
738 
739 


Volume  IV  for  1898. 

Volume  V  for  1899. 

Volume  VI  for  1900. 

Volume  VII  for  1901. 

Volume  VIII  for  1902. 

Volume  IX  for  1903. 

Volume  X  for  1904. 
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740.  AMERICAN  IMPRINTS.  A  List  of  Early  American 
Imprints  belonging  to  the  Library  of  the  Massachusetts  His- 
torical Society.  With  Introduction  and  Notes  by  Samuel  A. 
Green.     8vo,  cloth.        Cambridge:  John  Wilson  &  Son,  1895 

*  One  of  200  copies  printed. 

741.  AMERICAN  POETRY.  Index  to  American  Poetry 
and  Plays  in  the  Collection  of  C.  Fiske  Harris.  i2mo,  in  the 
original  sheets,  uncut. 

Providence:   Printed  for  Private  Circulation,  1874 

*  Scarce.     Only  a  small  number  printed. 

742.  ANTHONY  MEMORIAL.  A  Catalogue  of  the 
Harris  Collection  of  American  Poetry,  with  Biographical 
and  Bibliographical  Notes,  by  John  C.  Stockbridge.  Portrait. 
Royal  8vo,  full  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Providence:    [Providence  Press  Co.],  1886 

*  Fine  copy.     Only  100  copies  printed. 

743.  ARNOLD  (WILLIAM  HARRIS).  First  Report  of 
a  Book  Collector,  comprising:  A  Brief  Answer  to  the  Fre- 
quent Question  "Why  First  Editions?",  and  Five  Ego- 
tistical Chapters  of  Anecdotes  and  Advice,  followed  by 
an  Account  of  Book- Worms.  Portraits  and  fac smiles.  i2mo, 
boards,  uncut.  New  York:  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.,  1898 

*  One  of  220  copies  on  American  hand-made  paper. 

744.  ARNOLD  (WILLIAM  HARRIS).  A  Record 
OF  First  Editions  of  Bryant,  Longfellow,  Emerson,  Haw- 
thorne, Holmes,  Lowell,  Thoreau,  Whittier,  with  an  Essay 
on  Book-Madness,  by  Leon  H.  Vincent.  Royal  8vo,  origi- 
nal cloth,  uncut.  Jamaica,  N.  Y. :   Marion  Press,  1901 

745.  CATALOGUE  of  the  Library  of  Mr.  Thomas  W. 
Field.     Priced  in  ink.      i2mo,  half  bound,  uncut. 

*  Mainly  relating  to  the  American  Indians.      New  York,    1875 

746.  CATALOGUE  of  the  Books  and  Manuscripts  of 
William  Menzies  of  New  York.  8vo,  half  crushed  morocco, 
gilt  back  and  top,  uncut,  by  F.  Bedford. 

■•  With  the  printed  prices  inserted.  New  York,   1875 

747.  CATALOGUES  of  Duplicates  of  Brown  University 
(American  Poetry);  Arnold,  Pierce,  priced;  Montgomery, 
Bierstadt,  Roos,  Mackay  (in  one  vol.),  all  priced;  Carson  Por- 
traits (in  two  parts).      (7   pieces.) 

94 


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748.  CATALOGUES.  Prince  Library  (Public  Library, 
Boston),  half  morocco,  1870;  R.  L.  Stuart,  No.  96  of  a 
limited  autographed  issue,  cloth,  1884.      2  vols.  8vo. 

749.  CATALOGUES  (AUCTION).  Brinley,  Parts  2,  3, 
4,  5.  priced  in  ink;  Bav\ow,  priced;  French, /r;V<?fl' (2  copies) ; 
Woodward,  Hawkins,  Green,  etc.  (11  pieces),  various  bind- 
ings, 2  in  half  morocco. 

750-  An     interesting    collection,     including     many 

famous  sales — Ives,  McKee  (6  parts),  French,  Appleton, 
Moore,  Fames,  Hurst,  etc.,  some  partly  priced.  (Several 
hundred  pieces.) 

751.  GROLIER  CLUB.  One  Hundred  Books  famous  in 
English  Literature.  With  facsimiles  of  title-pages  and  an  in- 
troduction by  George  E.  Woodberry.  Royal  8vo,  original  half 
parchment  and  boards,  uncut. 

New  York:  The  Grolier  Club,    1902 

*  One  of  305  copies  printed  on   handmade  paper. 

752.  GROLIER  CLUB.  Bibliographical  Notes  on  One 
Hundred  Books  famous  in  English  Literature,  compiled  by 
Henry  W.  Kent.  Royal  8vo,  original  half  parchment  and 
boards,  uncut.  New  York:  The  Grolier  Club,  1903 

*  One  of  305  copies  printed  on  French  hand-made  paper. 

753.  HOE  (RICHARD  M.).  The  Literature  of  Printing. 
Catalogue  of  the  Typography,  Chalcography  and  Lithography 
of  Rich.  M.  Hoe.  Frontispiece.  i2mo,  cloth,  uncut  and  un- 
opened. London:  Privately  printed  [on  Whatman  paper]  at 
the  Chiswick  Press,  1877. 

754.  MAZARIN  BIBLE.  Facsimile  illuminated  in  colors 
on  vellum  paper  of  the  First  Page  of  the  Mazarin  Bible.     4to. 

755.  ROWFANT  LIBRARY.  A  Catalogue  of  the  Printed 
Books,  Manuscripts,  Autograph  Letters,  Drawings  and  Pic- 
tures, collected  by  Frederick  Locker  Lampson.  Etched 
frontispiece  by  Geo.  Cruikshank.  8vo,  half  roxburghe,  gilt  top, 
uncut.  London:  Bernard  Quaritch,  1886 

*  With  poems  "  To  F.  L."  and  on  '■  The  Rowfant  Boolcs  "  by  An- 
drew Lang.  The  etching  by  Cruikshank  is  one  of  the  first  250  im- 
pressions from  the  plate.     One  of  only  150  copies  for  sale. 

95 


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756.  WYNNE'S  PRIVATE  LIBRARIES  of  New  York, 
cloth,  uncut,  i860;  Zaehnsdorf's  History  of  Bookbinding, 
wrappers,  pp.  29.  Printed  at  the  Chiswick  Press,  1895. 
2  vols.  8vo. 


757.  ALDINE.  II  Libro  Del  Cortegiano  del  Conte  Bal- 
desar  Castiglione,  di  nuouo  rincontrato  con  I'originale  scritto 
di  mano  de  I'autlore,  con  la  tauola  di  tutte  le  cose  degni  di 
notitia,  et  di  piu  con  una  brieue  raccolta  de  le  conditioni, 
che  si  ricercano  a  perfetto  Cortegiano  et  a  Donna  di  Palazzo. 
i2mo,  vellum  (writing  on  title  and  several  margins  annotated 
in  a  contemporary  hand).  Venice,  1547 

*  Castiglione's    Famous  Book   of  the  Courtier.     Clarence  Cook's 
copy,  with  his  autograph. 

758.  AMERICANA.  A  Voyage  Round  the  World,  1785- 
'88,  by  M.  de  la  Peyrouse.  To  which  are  added  a  Voyage 
from  Manilla  to  California,  by  Don  Antonio  Maurelle  and  an 
Abstract  of  the  Voyage  and  Discoveries  of  the  late  Capt.  G. 
Vancouver.  lamo,  old  sheep  (name  torn  from  title,  upper 
corner  of  p.  133  missing).       Boston:  Joseph  Bumstead,  1801 

759.  AMERICAN  POETRY.  American  Poems,  Selected 
and  Original.  Vol.  i  (all  issued  ?)  (With  original  poems 
by  W.  Dunlap,  Dr.  Dwight  and  others.)      i2mo,  old  calf. 

Litchfield,  Conn.:   Privately  Printed  [1793] 

*  Rare.     Selections  from  Freneau,  Royall  Tyler,  Trumbull,  etc. 


ameiican  periodicals,  S.c 

760.  AMERICAN  EAGLE  MAGAZINE:  A  Journal. 
Edited  by  Schoolcraft,  Dudley  and  Morris.  Vol.  I,  Nos. 
I  and  2.  Published  by  the  Editors.  8vo,  original  wrappers, 
immaculate  condition.  New  York,  1847 

*  With  Prospectus  on  the  inside  cover. 

761.  ATLANTIC  MONTHLY.  The  Atlantic  Index.  A 
List  of  Articles,  with  the  names  of  Authors  appended,  pub- 
lished in  the  Atlantic  Monthly  from  its  establishment  in  1857 
to  [Vol.  62]  1888.      With  List  of  Authors,  etc.     8vo,  cloth. 

Boston:   Houghton,  Mififlin  &  Co.,  1889 
96 


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762.  DURFEE  (C.  A.).  Index  to  Harper's  New 
Monthly  Magazine.  Vols.  I-LX.,  inclusive,  1850-1880. 
Royal  Svo,  original  cloth.      New  York:   Harper  &  Bros.,  1881 

763.  LITERARY  COLLECTOR  (THE),  Vols.  i.  [1900] 
to  Vol.  6,  No.  5  [1903],  in  parts,  as  issued. 

New  York  and  Greenwich  [1900,  1903] 

764.  MAGAZINES:  Putnam's,  April,  1853;  Atlantic, 
Feb.,  1874;  Bookbuyer,  16  nos.,  some  imperfect ;  Bierstadt's 
Whittier  Bibliography  [Bookbuyer],  with  clippings;  Irving's 
Washington,  Parts  2-5,  7  and  14;  Bulletins  N.  Y.  Pub. 
Library,  Mch.  and  Apl.,  1899,  and  July,  1904(7  pieces); 
N.  Y.  Times  Saturday  Review  (1900-1904,  1901-2,  almost 
complete).      (About  200  pieces.) 

765.  MAGAZINES:  American  Review,  1845  (5  parts); 
Bibliographer,  edited  by  P.  L.  Ford  (14);  N.  A.  Review, 
1831-40  (12  pieces) ;  Philes' Philobiblion,  1861-2;  New  World 
(9  nos.),  1843;  and  21  nos.  of  the  Bookbuyer,  Harper's,  etc., 
containing  Reviews,  Bibliography  of  Hawthorne,  etc.  (61 
pieces.) 

766.  AUTOGRAPHS:  (Letters  and  Signatures  of 
American  Authors,  mounted  in  a  4to  volume,  collected  by 
Charles  L.  Noble  and  with  his  leather  label  on  the  side  (some 
autographs  removed.)  Together  22  letters  and  21  signatures. 
4to,  half  roan.  Collected  circa  1855-1860 

*  Among  the  letters  are  those  of  John  Boyle  O'Reilly,  Georg-e 
Ticknor,  Parke  Godwin,  R.  H.  Dana,  Horace  Greeley  (2),  G.  B. 
Cheever,  and  Thos.  Starr  King,  and  Chase's  signed  endorsement  on 
a  letter  concerning  appointment  of  a  Chaplain  in  the  Civil  War, 
^'  Mr.  Hay  will  re?nernber  the  President's  direction  to  appoint  Eev. 
Dr.   Tolfand." 

767.  BACON  (LORD).  Baconiana  Theologica;  or,  A 
few  Remains  of  the  Lord  Bacon  relating  to  Divine  Matters. 
i2mo,  old  calf.  London:  Printed  for  R.  C,   1679 

*  Bound  with  it  is  "A  Discourse  by  Way  of  Introduction,"  etc. 
(an  account  of  all  Lord  Bacon's  Works),  by  Archbishop  Tenison, 
104  pp. 

768.  BOCCACCIO.  Nouvelles  de  Jean  Boccace.  With 
original  impressions  of  the  plates  after  Marillier.  4  vols.  Svo, 
tree  calf,  gilt.  Paris,  1802 

*  Fine  copy.     Scarce. 

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769.  BROWNING  (ELIZABETH  BARRETT).  The 
Greek  Christian  Poets  and  the  English  Poets.  First  Edi- 
tion.     i2mo,  cloth.  London:   Chapman  &  Hall,  1863 

FIRST  AMERICAN  EDITION  OF  THE  SECOND  PART  OF 
BUNYAN'S  "PILGRIM'S  PROGRESS,"  BOSTON,  1744. 

770.  BUNYAN  (JOHN).  The  Pilgrim's  Progress  from 
This  World  to  That  which  is  to  come.  The  Second  Part. 
i2mo,  full  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  Brad- 
street,  Boston:  J.  Draper  for  Thomas  Fleet,  1744 

*  The  Very  Rare  First  American  Edition  of  the  Second  Part  of 
the  Pilgrim's  Progress — the  journey  of  Christiana  and  her  children, 
of  which  very  few  copies  are  known.  With  four  wood-engravings 
by  an  American  engraver.  Fine  copy.  The  second  extant 
American  edition  of  any  part  of  the  work. 

The  first  American  edition  of  the  Pilgrim's  Progress  was  issued  in 
Boston  in  1681,  but  only  one  copy  is  known  of  it  [now  in  the  Boston 
Public  Library].  No  earlier  issue  of  this  second  part  is  known  to 
have  been  printed  in  America,  and  Mr.  George  Offor,  in  his  remark- 
able collection  of  editions,  was  unable  to  obtain  either  the  first  or 
second  parts  of  the  First  American  edition.  The  English  edition  of 
the  second  part  was  issued  in  London  in  1684  (16S5),  and  it  is  curious 
that  the  American  printers  waited  sixty  years  before  venturing  on 
issuing  it,  although  the  first  was  popular  and  a  success  in  this  country, 
as  is  evident  from  Bunyan's  words  in  his  poetical  introduction  to  the 
first  English  edition  of  the  Second  Part  : 

"  'Tis  in  New-England  under  sucTi  advance 
Receives  there  so  much  loving  countenance." 

The  remarkable  advance  in  the  value  of  early  editions  of  the  Pil- 
grim's Progress,  within  the  last  few  years,  and  the  difficulty  of 
obtaining  copies  of  editions  before  at  least  the  tenth,  attest  the  per- 
manency of  the  famous  allegory  as  a  world-classic,  and  of  no  other 
classic  can  it  be  said  that  but  one  copy  is  known  of  the  first  edition. 
Robinson  Crusoe,  Gulliver's  Travels,  and  the  Vicar  of  Wakefield  are 
comparatively  easy  to  procure  in  comparison  with  the  Pilgrim's 
Progress. 

[See  Reproductions.] 

771.  CHAUCER  (GEOFFREY).  Works.  Portrait  and 
engraved  titles.  14  vols.  32mo,  full  calf,  gilt  (with  Glossary). 
(Some  labels  missing.)  London:  John  Bell,   1782 

772.  DICKENS  (CHARLES).  American  Notes:  Ex- 
tracted from  The  New  World,  Vol.  II,  Nos.  8,  9.  Edited  by 
Park  Benjamin.      4to,  sewn,  pp.  47  New  York,  1842 

*  Hr?t  American  Edition.  One  number  advertises  Walt  Whit- 
man's first  book,  Franklin  Evans,  under  "  Friends  of  Temperance, 
Ahoy  !" 

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Pilgrim's  Progrefs 

FROM  > 

THIS  World 

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That  which  is  to  come. 

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Cf)C  ^econD  Ipart. 

Deiiver'd  u  idcr  the  Simijtude  of  a 

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Wherein  is  fet  forth. 
The  Manner  of  the  Setting  out  of  ChriJ^iao's 
Wife  and  Children;  their  dangerous  Jour- 
ney,  and  fafe  Arrival   at    the  dcfired 
Country. 


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Cfje  ^etjemeentf)  etiition. 

Adorrid  with   CUTS. 
I  have  iifed  Similitudes^  Hof.  12.  10. 

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in  Corakil.   m,dcc,xliy. 


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Hmerican  periobicals,  dc. 

773.  DURER  (ALBERT).  Underweysung  der  Messung 
mit  dem  Zirckel.  Small  folio,  black  morocco  (a  few  leaves 
slightly  water-stained).  Nuremberg,  1525 

The  Rare  First  Edition.  With  numerous  woodcuts  by  Albert 
Diirer,  including  the  Alphabets.  On  lower  (blank)  portion  of  title 
is  stamped  "  Duplum  Bibl.  Due.  Goth,"  and  this  volume  evidently 
once  formed  part  of  that  famous  collection. 

774.  ELZEVIR.  Titi  Livii  Historiarum  libri.  Engraved 
title  and  vignettes.      3  vols.  32mo,  rough  calf. 

Lvgd.  Batavorvm  [Leyden],  1634 

*  With  the  fine  old  bookplate  of  Sr.  John  Chester  (style  Jacobean) 
in  each  volume. 

775.  FRANCE.  Deans  (Wm.)  and  Martin  (Fred.).  A 
History  of  France  from  the  Earliest  Times.  Illustrated.  8 
vols,  royal  8vo,  cloth. 

London:  A.  Fullarton  and  Co.  \ca.   1855] 

776.  KIPLING  (RUD YARD).  The  Islanders.  A  Poem. 
8vo,  v^rrappers,  uncut,  pp.  8.  New  York,  1902 

*  One  of  only  50  copies  printed  for  copyright  purposes.  (Letter 
to  this  effect  from  F.  N.  Doubleday  laid  in.) 

yyy.  THE  WORKS  OF  RUDYARD  KIPLING.     The 

Description  of  a  Set  of  the  First  Editions  of  his  Books,  in 
the  Library  of  a  New  York  Collector.  (Compiled  by  Luther 
S.  Livingston.)  Etched  portrait  of  Kipling^  autographed  by 
T.  Johnson.,  and  facsimiles.  Royal  8vo,  original  boards, 
uncut.  New  York:   Dodd,  Mead  and  Co.,  1901 

*  Printed   throughout   on   Japan    paper,    only    12   copies 

ISSUED. 

778.  LILLY  (JOHN).  Sixe  Court  Comedies.  Often 
Presented  &  Acted  before  Queene  Elizabeth  by  the  Children 
of  her  Majesties  Chappell,  and  the  Children  of  Paules.  Writ- 
ten by  the  onely  Rare  Poet  of  that  Time,  The  Witie,  Comicall, 
Facetiously-Quick  and  Unparalelld:  lohn  Lilly,  Master  of 
Arts.      i2mo,  half  roan  (slightly  rubbed). 

London:  William  Stansby  for  Edward  Blount,  1632 

*  The  First  Collected  Edition.  The  several  pieces  bound 
separately  in  6  volumes  as  follows  :  "  Endimion  "  (or,  "  The  Man 
in  the  Moon,"  played  before  the  Queen  at  Greenwich);  "  Campaspe," 
played  before  the   Queen  by  the  Children  of  Paules;  "  Sapho  and 

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Phao,"  played  before  the  Queen  by  the  Children  of  Paules;  "Galla- 
thea,"  played  before  the  Queen  by  the  Children  of  Paules;  "  Mydas," 
played  before  the  Queen  by  the  Children  of  Paules;  "  Mother  Bom- 
bie,"  played  before  the  Queen  by  the  Children  of  Paules. 

The  lyrics,  particularly  "  Cupid  and  my  Campaspe,"  played  for 
Kisses,  scattered  here  and  there,  are  an  attractive  feature  of  this 
edition,  and  are  here  first  collected.  Shakespeare  seems  to  have  been 
indebted  to  Lilly's  "  Endimion "  for  some  of  the  conceits  in  his 
"  Midsflmmer  Night's  Dream."     Rare. 

779.  LOMAZZO  (GEO.  PAOLO).  Trattati  dell'  Arte 
della  Pittura,  Scoltura  et  Architettura.  4to,  vellum.  Fine 
COPY.  Milan,  1585 

780.  LUCRETIUS.  Les  Oiuvres  de  Lucrece;  traduites  en 
Frangois  avec  des  remarques  sur  tout  I'ouvrage  par  M.  le 
Baron  de  Coutures.  Frontispieces.  2  vols.  12010,  full  mor- 
occo, gilt.      Fine  copy.  Paris,  1792 

*  Robert  Jephson's  copy,  with  his  arms  in  gold  on  the  binding. 
Jephson  was  a  noted  English  dramatist  and  poet,  the  friend  of 
Hamilton  (to  whom  the  letters  of  Junius  were  attributed),  co-author 
with  Horace  Walpole,  and  the  writer  of  many  plays  successfully 
performed  by  the  Kembles  and  Mrs.  Siddons. 

781.  MARCUS  AURELIUS  ANTONINUS.  The  Medi- 
tations of  Marcus  Aurelius  Antoninus.     2  vols.  i2mo,  calf. 

Glasgow:   R.  &  A.  Foulis,  1764 

*  Clarence  Cook's  copy.  A  specimen  of  the  press  of  the  famous 
Scotch  printer,  the   "  Baskerville  of  Scotland." 

782.  MICHAEL  ANGELO.  Rime  di  Michelagnolo  Buon- 
arroti. Raccolti  da  Michelagnolo  suo  Nipote.  Small  4to, 
limp  vellum.  With  contemporary  marginal  notes  and  correc- 
tions. (Writing  on  reverse  of  title  and  preface,  and  a  few 
wormholes.)  Florence:  Giunti,  1625 

*  The  Very  Rare  First  Edition  of  the  Poems  of  Michael 
Angelo,  in  vellum  binding.  S.  W.  Singer's  copy,  with  an 
Italian  sonnet  in  his  autograph  on  the  fly-leaf  and  his 
monogram.  S.  W.  Singer  was  the  well-known  editor  of  the  works 
of  Elizabethan  authors,  and  the  intimate  friend  of  Heber,  Douce, 
Fitzgerald  and  others  of  the  best  collectors  and  authors  of  the  early 
part  of  the  Nineteenth  Century.  When  Douce  died  he  left  his  for- 
tune to  Singer,  rendering  him  independent  in  his  literary  work.  John 
Addington  Symonds  made  the  English  translation  of  these  Sonnets. 

[See  Reproduction.] 
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783.  MILTON  (JOHN).  Angli  Pro  Populo  Anglicano 
Defensio,  etc.      Vignette  on  title.      i2mo,  original  vellum. 

Londini,  165 1 

*  With  ex  libris  of  John  Mente  (perhaps  the  famous  French  phy- 
sician  who  wrote  a  Latin  work  about  this  date  claiming  the  invention 
of  printing  for  Mentel  of  Strasburg,  his  ancestor). 

784.  MORE  (SIR  THOMAS).  The  History  of  the  Life 
and  Death  of  Sir  Thomas  More,  Lord  High  Chancellor  of 
England  in  King  Henry  the  Eight's  time.  Collected  by  J.  H. 
Gent.     i6mo,  half  calf.        London:  for  George  Eversden,  1662 

*  With  contemporary  autograph  inscription  on  title  and  at  end. 
''Roger  Payne,  Anno  Dam.  17J1."  (Not  the  famous  bookbinder, 
who  was  only  12  years  old  in  175 1.) 

785.  NEW  BRUNSWICK  IMPRINT.  The  Psalms  of 
David,  with  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  of  the  Reformed 
Church  in  the  Netherlands.      24mo,  old  calf.      Rare. 

New  Brunswick:  Abraham  Blauvelt,   1798 

*  "  Bound  with  '  The  Heidelbergh  Catechism  '  Translated  for  the 
use  of  the  Reformed  Protestant  Dutch  Church  in  New  York."  New 
Brunswick:  A.  Blauvelt,  1797.      Pp.  1-102  [complete?]. 

786.  POPE  (WALTER).  The  Wish,  written  by  Dr.  Wal- 
ter  Pope,  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society.  Reprinted  from  the 
First  Edition,  with  a  short  Life  of  the  Author,  by  Mr.  Beveriy 
Chew.     Royal  8vo,  half  roan,  uncut.      Limited  issue. 

Jamaica:   L.  I,  Marion  Press,  1897 

787.  STEVENSON  (R.  L.).  Catalogue  of  a  Collection 
of  the  Books  of  Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  in  the  Library  of 
George  M.  Williamson,  Grand  View  on  Hudson.  Portrait 
and  facsimiles.      Royal  8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

Jamaica,  New  York:  The  Marion  Press,  1901 
*  Only  125  copies  printed  on  plate  paper,  this  being  No.  26,   the 
first  of  this  issue,  the  preceding  25  copies  being  on  Japan  paper. 

788.  ^WALTON'S  LIVES,  Boston,  1832  (2  vols.); 
Thoms'  Human  Longevity,  I,ondon,  1873;  Obituary  of  R. 
Smyth  of  the  Poultry  Compter:  a  Catalogue  of  all  such  per- 
sons as  he  knew,  1627-74,  edited  by  Sir  H.  Ellis,  London, 
1849;  Big  Abel  and  Little  Manhattan  [C.  Mathews]  and 
Selections  from  Chaucer  and  Spenser  (3  vols.,  Wiley  & 
Putnam,  pub's).     7  vols. 


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